Introduction to this Special Issue on Ocean Acidification: The Pathway from Science to Policy
By Jeremy T. Mathis , Sarah R. Cooley , Kimberly K. Yates , and Phillip Williamson

Understanding Ocean Acidification Impacts on Organismal to Ecological Scales
By Andreas J. Andersson, David I. Kline, Peter J. Edmunds, Stephen D. Archer , Nina Bednaršek , Robert C. Carpenter , Meg Chadsey, Philip Goldstein , Andrea G. Grottoli , Thomas P. Hurst, Andrew L. King, Janet E. Kübler, Ilsa B. Kuffner , Katherine R.M. Mackey, Bruce A. Menge, Adina Paytan , Ulf Riebesell , Astrid Schnetzer , and Richard C. Zimmerman

Coupling Chemical and Biological Monitoring to Understand the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems
By Adrienne Sutton, Derek Manzello , and Brooke Gintert

Understanding, Characterizing, and Communicating Responses to Ocean Acidification: Challenges and Uncertainties
By D. Shallin Busch, Michael J. O’Donnell, Claudine Hauri , Katharine J. Mach , Matthew Poach, Scott C. Doney , and Sergio R. Signorini

Technology for Ocean Acidification Research: Needs and Availability
By Todd R. Martz, Kendra L. Daly , Robert H. Byrne , Jonathon H. Stillman , and Daniela Turk

And on Top of All That… Coping with Ocean Acidification in the Midst of Many Stressors
By Denise L. Breitburg, Joseph Salisbury , Joan M. Bernhard, Wei-Jun Cai , Sam Dupont , Scott C. Doney, Kristy J. Kroeker, Lisa A. Levin , W. Christopher Long , Lisa M. Milke , Seth H. Miller, Beth Phelan, Uta Passow , Brad A. Seibel , Anne E. Todgham, and Ann M. Tarrant

Geochemical Proxies for Estimating Faunal Exposure to Ocean Acidification
By Lisa A. Levin , Bärbel Hönisch , and Christina A. Frieder

Response of Photosynthesis to Ocean Acidification
By Katherine R.M. Mackey, J. Jeffrey Morris , François M.M. Morel , and Sven A. Kranz

Characterizing the Natural System: Toward Sustained, Integrated Coastal Ocean Acidification Observing Networks to Facilitate Resource Management and Decision Support
By Simone R. Alin, Russell E. Brainard , Nichole N. Price, Jan A. Newton, Anne Cohen, William T. Peterson, Eric H. DeCarlo, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Scott Noakes, and Nina Bednaršek

How Can Present and Future Satellite Missions Support Scientific Studies that Address Ocean Acidification?
By Joseph Salisbury, Douglas Vandemark , Bror Jönsson , William Balch , Sumit Chakraborty, Steven Lohrenz, Bertrand Chapron , Burke Hales, Antonio Mannino, Jeremy T. Mathis , Nicolas Reul , Sergio R. Signorini , Rik Wanninkhof , and Kimberly K. Yates

Ocean Acidification in the Surface Waters of the Pacific-Arctic Boundary Regions
By Jeremy T. Mathis, Jessica N. Cross , Wiley Evans , and Scott C. Doney

The Potential for CO₂-Induced Acidification in Freshwater: A Great Lakes Case Study
By Jennifer C. Phillips, Galen A. McKinley, Val Bennington, Harvey A. Bootsma, Darren J. Pilcher , Robert W. Sterner , and Noel R. Urban

Impacts of Coastal Acidification on the Pacific Northwest Shellfish Industry and Adaptation Strategies Implemented in Response
By Alan Barton , George G. Waldbusser, Richard A. Feely , Stephen B. Weisberg, Jan A. Newton , Burke Hales, Sue Cudd, Benoit Eudeline , Chris J. Langdon , Ian Jefferds , Teri King , Andy Suhrbier, and Karen McLaughlin

Core Principles of the California Current Acidification Network: Linking Chemistry, Physics, and Ecological Effects
By Karen McLaughlin , Stephen B. Weisberg, Andrew G. Dickson, Gretchen E. Hofmann , Jan A. Newton, Deborah Aseltine-Neilson, Alan Barton , Sue Cudd , Richard A. Feely , Ian W. Jefferds , Elizabeth B. Jewett , Teri King , Chris J. Langdon, Skyli McAfee, Diane Pleschner-Steele, and Bruce Steele

Ocean Acidification Science Needs for Natural Resource Managers of the North American West Coast
By Alexandria B. Boehm, Mark Z. Jacobson, Michael J. O’Donnell , Martha Sutula, W. Waldo Wakefield , Stephen B. Weisberg, and Elizabeth Whiteman

Ocean and Coastal Acidification off New England and Nova Scotia
By Dwight K. Gledhill , Meredith M. White , Joe Salisbury , Helmuth Thomas, Ivy Mlsna, Matthew Liebman , Bill Mook , Jason Grear, Allison C. Candelmo, R. Christopher Chambers, Christopher J. Gobler, Christopher W. Hunt , Andrew L. King , Nichole N. Price, Sergio R. Signorini , Esperanza Stancioff , Cassie Stymiest, Richard A. Wahle , Jesica D. Waller, Nathan D. Rebuck, Zhaohui A. Wang , Todd L. Capson, J. Ruairidh Morrison , Sarah R. Cooley , and Scott C. Doney

Getting Ocean Acidification on Decision Makers’ To-Do Lists: Dissecting the Process Through Case Studies
By Sarah R. Cooley , Elizabeth B. Jewett , Julie Reichert, Lisa Robbins , Gyami Shrestha , Dan Wieczorek, and Stephen B. Weisberg

Transdisciplinary Science: A Path to Understanding the Interactions Among Ocean Acidification, Ecosystems, and Society
By Kimberly K. Yates, Carol Turley, Brian M. Hopkinson, Anne E. Todgham, Jessica N. Cross , Holly Greening, Phillip Williamson, Ruben Van Hooidonk , Dimitri D. Deheyn, and Zackary Johnson

Data Management Strategy to Improve Global Use of Ocean Acidification Data and Information
By Hernan E. Garcia , Cathy Cosca , Alex Kozyr, Emilio Mayorga , Cynthia Chandler, Robert W. Thomas , Kevin O’Brien, Ward Appeltans, Steve Hankin , Jan A. Newton, Angelica Gutierrez , Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Lina Hansson, Melissa Zweng, and Benjamin Pfeil

Environmental Properties of Coastal Waters in Mamala Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, at the Future Site of a Seawater Air Conditioning Outfall
By Christina M. Comfort, Margaret A. McManus, S. Jeanette Clark, David M. Karl , and Chris E. Ostrander

Overturning Assumptions: Past, Present, and Future Concerns about the Ocean’s Circulation
By M. Susan Lozier

QUARTERDECK • Pursuing Earth and Ocean Sciences Priorities As One Community
By Ellen S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT • Oceanographers as Masons
By M. Susan Lozier

RIPPLE MARKS • Coastal Gold Rush: Southeast Alaska Sea Otters Swing from Boom to Bust to Boom
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

KEYNOTE LECTURE • Solutions for Recovering and Sustaining the Bounty of the Ocean: Combining Fishery Reforms, Rights-Based Fisheries Management, and Marine Reserves
By Allison K. Barner, Jane Lubchenco, Christopher Costello , Steven D. Gaines , Amanda Leland , Brett Jenks, Steven Murawski, Eric Schwaab , and Margaret Spring

BOOK REVIEW • Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment
By Arthur Grossman

BOOK REVIEW • Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World
By Ellen S. Kappel

CAREER PROFILES • Options and Insights
Career profiles—Options and insights. 2015. Oceanography 28(2):266–268.

Sarah Cooley, Ocean Conservancy
Kimberly Yates, US Geological Survey
Jeremy Mathis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Phil Williamson, Natural Environment Research Council and University of East Anglia

Production of this issue of Oceanography was supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).