BODEGA BAY — Green polypropylene curling-ribbon is attached to white plastic forms to simulate seagrass in the ocean. Young rockfish are then tested to see how they respond to gasses added to the water. At what point and how quickly do they try to hide in this “seagrass”?
Findings indicate that as more carbon dioxide is added to the water, the slower these prey fish are to hide themselves. And just what that means as the ocean becomes more acidic is being studied by scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory…
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