Kousoulas et al. (2025): Winners and losers under hydroxide-based ocean alkalinity enhancement in a Tasmanian plankton community
Kiyas Kousoulas, Aaron Ferderer, Ruth Eriksen and Lennart T. Bach, IN: Journal of Phycology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.70052
This study investigated effects of OAE via sodium hydroxide (NaOH) on a coastal Tasmanian plankton community. Natural communities were enclosed within microcosms assigned to three groups: a control, an unequilibrated treatment (NaOH addition), and an equilibrated treatment (NaOH and sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) addition). The unequilibrated treatment simulates carbonate chemistry changes before atmospheric CO₂ uptake and the equilibrated treatment the changes thereafter.