Hannes Baumann

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential for acidification in eutrophic estuaries was assessed during the onset, peak, and demise of low oxygen conditions in systems across the northeast US including Narragansett Bay (RI), Long Island Sound (CT-NY), Jamaica Bay (NY), and Hempstead Bay ( NY).

TL;DR: Risks to public health and marine biota are addressed by showing that though Cs isotopes are elevated 10–1,000× over prior levels in waters off Japan, radiation risks are below those generally considered harmful to marine animals and human consumers, and even below those from naturally occurring radionuclides.

TL;DR: A study of the estuarine fish Menidia beryllina suggests that ocean acidification may affect fish populations, because small changes in early-life survival can generate large fluctuations in adult-fish abundance.

TL;DR: The findings demonstrate that the consequences of low oxygen and acidification for early life stage bivalves, and likely other marine organisms, are more severe than would be predicted by either individual stressor and thus must be considered together when assessing how ocean animals respond to these conditions both today and under future climate change scenarios.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used high-frequency (6min) monitoring data to quantify diel, seasonal, and interannual scales of pH and dissolved oxygen variability in a productive, temperate tidal salt marsh (Flax Pond, Long Island, US).