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papers). Likewise, the 'modelling' papers were allo-
cated keywords describing the nature of the model
study (global, regional, or community). Keywords
describing the geographical coverage of studies were
added to 'biological response' and 'chemistry'
papers, but only when the location was clearly stated
(Fig. 1.2E). These keywords were not used for studies
using long-term laboratory-cultured organisms or
when organisms were collected remotely from the
laboratory where the study took place. Finally, the
articles were tagged with the country of afi liation of
its i rst author ( Fig. 1.2F ).
articles (see Section 1.4.1), the i eld started to receive
increased attention only at the end of the 1980s, and
most ocean acidii cation papers have only been pub-
lished in the last few years (Fig. 1.2A). From 1989 to
2003, the rate of publication remained relatively sta-
ble at an average of 9 articles per year. From 2004 and
onwards, the i eld experienced a sharp increase in
the number of publications from 22 articles in 2004 to
213 articles in 2010. This corresponds to a more than
ninefold increase in the number of papers published
per year between 2004 and 2010 and a 43-fold increase
from 1989 to 2010. It is worth noting that 79% of all
papers were published after 2003.
In March 2011, the time at which the database
was analysed, 105 articles were already published
or in press, indicating that the total number of arti-
cles would increase even further in 2011. It must
be pointed out that the total number of scientii c
1.4.3.1 Total number of papers on ocean acidii cation
To the authors' knowledge, the i rst paper directly
addressing an ocean acidii cation-related question
was published in 1906 (Moore
et al.
1906 ). With the
exception of this paper and a handful of other early
German Advisory Council on Global Change
2006
OCB/NOAA/NASA/NSF/Scripps
report
2008
Report of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem
Cooperative Research Centre
2008
Guide "Ocean acidification: the facts"
2009
Inter Academy Panel statement
2009
Monaco declaration, High-CO
2
World Symposium
2009
Research priorities, High-CO
2
World Symposium
2009
Summary for policymakers, High-CO
2
World Symposium
2009
European Science Foundation policy briefing
2009
FAQs, OCB/EPOCA/UKOARP
2010
OSPAR Commission report
2006
EGU position statement
2008
Guide "Ocean acidification: questions answered"
2010
NSF/NOAA/USGS Report
2006
MCCIP
2007
Honolulu Declaration
2008
US National Research Committee report
2010
Royal Society report
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Figure 1.3
Recent key reports and conferences on ocean acidii cation (full references are available in Appendix 1.2 at
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/
