American lobster larval stages. Photograph by Jesica Waller. The input of anthropogenic carbon into the atmosphere has caused large scale ocean warming and acidification (OA) that has important implications for commercial fisheries in the Northeastern United States (Caldeira & Wickett, 2005, Gledhill et al., 2015). The Northwest Atlantic is experiencing more read more Response of lobster larvae to ocean acidification and warming (NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program and Sea Grant)