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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1787-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Ideas and perspectives
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15 Mar 2021
Ideas and perspectives |  | 15 Mar 2021

Ideas and perspectives: When ocean acidification experiments are not the same, repeatability is not tested

Phillip Williamson, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Steve Widdicombe, and Jean-Pierre Gattuso

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The reliability of ocean acidification research was challenged in early 2020 when a high-profile paper failed to corroborate previously observed impacts of high CO2 on the behaviour of coral reef fish. We now know the reason why: the replicated studies differed in many ways. Open-minded and collaborative assessment of all research results, both negative and positive, remains the best way to develop process-based understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms.
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