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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Toloui_OceanAcidification, harm to plant and animal species particularly reduced ability to build/maintain calcium carbonate shells, rise in ocean pH effects not equal in all parts of ocean, increase in H+ ions resulting in rise in ocean pH, decresed nutrient cycling amplifies harm to plant and animal species, increased CO2 in atmosphere reacts with ocean water, rise in ocean pH effects may aplify, not just run parallel to climate change, outer casing of coccolithophores' (photosythesizing plankton) diables plankton from sinking nutrients down from surface decresed nutrient cycling, increased carbonic acid in ocean causes rise in ocean pH, reduced ability to build/maintain calcium carbonate shells weakens eggs of many species includuing photosynthesizing plankton, calcification may decrease up to 60% by end of century rate of acidification is 100x higher than in past millenia organisms cannot adapt very quickly, OCEAN ACIDIFICATION is an increase in H+ ions, harm to plant and animal species ???? calcification may decrease up to 60% by end of century, coral reefs made of aragonite, harm to plant and animal species particularly affects swimming ability of some animals by decreasing respiration rate, aragonite which is more soluble than carbonate of shells, harm to plant and animal species rate of acidification is 100x higher than in past millenia organisms cannot adapt very quickly, ocean water produces increased carbonic acid in ocean, reduced ability to build/maintain calcium carbonate shells weakens outer casing of coccolithophores' (photosythesizing plankton), reduced ability to build/maintain calcium carbonate shells weakens coral reefs, rise in ocean pH causes harm to plant and animal species