Corals on Acid: An Inquiry-based Activity Leading Students to a Better Understanding of Ocean Acidification Impacts

The objective of this inquiry-based lesson is for students to gain an understanding of how increasing ocean acidity can affect the calcification of marine organisms. During this activity, students: (1) design an experiment to quantify the CaCO3 concentration of two invertebrate skeletal samples, one...

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Main Authors: Casey L. Boleman, Philip M. Gavinese, Ellen N. Muse, Andrea E. Marston, John G. Windsor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2013-12-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/26-4_boleman.pdf