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Thanks for the link, David.

I had a look at the Turley study, and what they were referring to was organism's ability to utilize oxygen, not changes in the oxygen content of the water. Certain organisms have very high oxygen demand, and the physiological mechanism by which they transport oxygen in their bloodstream is very pH dependent.

They were referring to earlier work by Portner et al that showed this effect in fast-moving squid.

There is a nice series of articles in the August 2004 issue of the Journal of Oceanography that deals with physiological implications of ocean acidification.

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