How does rising atmospheric CO2 affect marine organisms?

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Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for 300, 600 and 900 ppm
Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:

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Hippophae gyantsensis [Chinese Seabuckthorn]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
Number of Results
1
 
 
Arithmetic Mean
55%
 
 
Standard Error
0%
 
 

Individual Experiement Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Ma et al. (2015)

Young plants grown from seed in plastic pots filled with an homogeneous mixture of vermiculite and peat containing 45% organic matter, 1.89% of total N and 0.53% of total P in a greenhouse for three months prior to being transferred to growth chambers that were maintained at either 360 or 720 ppm CO2, where the plants were watered daily from May to August
55%

 

 

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