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DOI	10.1038/s41558-023-01828-9
	Reproducibility crisis and gravitation towards a consensus in ocean acidification research
	Connell, Sean D.; Leung, Jonathan Y. S.
发表日期	2023
ISSN	1758-678X
EISSN	1758-6798
英文摘要	Reproducibility is a persistent concern in science and recently attracts considerable attention in assessing biological responses to ocean acidification. Here we track the reproducibility of the harmful effects of ocean acidification on calcification of shell-building organisms by conducting a meta-analysis of 373 studies across 24 years. The pioneering studies tended to report large negative effects, but as other researchers assimilated this research into understanding their biological systems, the size of negative effects declined. Such declines represent a scientific process by which discoveries are initially assimilated and their limitations are subsequently explored. We suggest that scientific novelties can polarize a discipline where researchers fail to distinguish between different motivations for testing a phenomenon, that is, its existence (theory proposal) versus its influence within ever-widening contexts (theory development). Where context dependency is high, the lack of reproducibility may not represent a crisis but a part of theory development and eventual gravitation towards a consensus position. To test the reproducibility of ocean acidification research, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of 373 studies on calcification of marine calcifiers across 24 years. While the size of negative effects declined over time, the results remained reproducible and their limitations were then explored.
英文关键词	CALCIFICATION; METAANALYSIS; IMPACT
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001070243600001
来源期刊	Nature Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/282355
作者单位	University of Adelaide; Shantou University; Guangdong Ocean University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Connell, Sean D.,Leung, Jonathan Y. S.. Reproducibility crisis and gravitation towards a consensus in ocean acidification research[J],2023.
APA	Connell, Sean D.,&Leung, Jonathan Y. S..(2023).Reproducibility crisis and gravitation towards a consensus in ocean acidification research.Nature Climate Change.
MLA	Connell, Sean D.,et al."Reproducibility crisis and gravitation towards a consensus in ocean acidification research".Nature Climate Change (2023).