Seawater carbonate chemistry and seawater transition in Chinook salmon smolts

This study seeks to explore the impacts of warming and ocean acidification on the transition of life in freshwater to life at sea in Chinook salmon smolts. In a fully factorial experiment, we transitioned Chinook salmon from fresh- to seawater at current and future conditions of temperature (13 ◦C and 16 ◦C, respectively) and ocean acidification (400 and 1400 atm CO2), including a fluctuating CO2 treatment (between control and high CO2) that may be more representative of natural environmental conditions associated with upwelling and tidal cycling.