{"id":4419,"date":"2016-08-24T08:49:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T08:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2019-08-29T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T12:24:51","slug":"how-levels-of-acidity-can-affect-aquatic-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/how-levels-of-acidity-can-affect-aquatic-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"How levels of acidity can affect aquatic ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We already know that the pH of water can have detrimental effect on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livestrong.com\/article\/214475-health-effects-of-ph-on-drinking-water\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and can be affected by a number of different factors including: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/16133-seafloor-volcanic-vents-ocean-acifidication.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">residue from volcanic vents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gsu.edu\/~mstnrhx\/EnviroBio%20Projects\/AcidRain\/lakes.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acid rain <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/projects\/pristine-seas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global warming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But just how big of an effect can it have on delicate aquatic ecosystems? A number of recent stories and headlines have indicated that the answer is, quite a lot. From fishing practices in Alaska, to dampened escape responses in black turban snails, acidic water is showing increasingly observable pressure on aquatic habitats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To read more head to LinkedIn to read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-levels-acidity-can-affect-aquatic-ecosystems-craig-harrison?published=t\">exclusive in-depth article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaread.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shutterstock_296090357.jpg\" alt=\"testing acidity\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We already know that the pH of water can have detrimental effect on human health, and can be affected by a number of different factors including: residue from volcanic vents, acid rain and global warming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How levels of acidity can affect aquatic ecosystems<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The pH of water can have detrimental effect on human health, and can be affected by different factors. 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