Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates
Summary Ocean acidification is now recognized as a threat to marine ecosystems; however, the effect of ocean acidification on fertilization in marine organisms is still largely unknown. In this study, we focused on sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates (a coral and a sea...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0967199409990177 2024-06-23T07:55:45+00:00 Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates Morita, Masaya Suwa, Ryota Iguchi, Akira Nakamura, Masako Shimada, Kazuaki Sakai, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Atsushi 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0967199409990177 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0967199409990177 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Zygote volume 18, issue 2, page 103-107 ISSN 0967-1994 1469-8730 journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0967199409990177 2024-06-05T04:04:49Z Summary Ocean acidification is now recognized as a threat to marine ecosystems; however, the effect of ocean acidification on fertilization in marine organisms is still largely unknown. In this study, we focused on sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates (a coral and a sea cucumber). Below pH 7.7, the pH predicted to occur within the next 100 years, sperm flagellar motility was seriously impaired in these organisms. Considering that sperm flagellar motility is indispensable for transporting the paternal haploid genome for fertilization, fertilization taking place in seawater may decline in the not too distant future. Urgent surveys are necessary for a better understanding of the physiological consequences of ocean acidification on sperm flagellar motility in a wide range of marine invertebrates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Cambridge University Press Zygote 18 2 103 107 |
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Summary Ocean acidification is now recognized as a threat to marine ecosystems; however, the effect of ocean acidification on fertilization in marine organisms is still largely unknown. In this study, we focused on sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates (a coral and a sea cucumber). Below pH 7.7, the pH predicted to occur within the next 100 years, sperm flagellar motility was seriously impaired in these organisms. Considering that sperm flagellar motility is indispensable for transporting the paternal haploid genome for fertilization, fertilization taking place in seawater may decline in the not too distant future. Urgent surveys are necessary for a better understanding of the physiological consequences of ocean acidification on sperm flagellar motility in a wide range of marine invertebrates. |
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Morita, Masaya Suwa, Ryota Iguchi, Akira Nakamura, Masako Shimada, Kazuaki Sakai, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Atsushi Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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Morita, Masaya Suwa, Ryota Iguchi, Akira Nakamura, Masako Shimada, Kazuaki Sakai, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Atsushi |
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Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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Ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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ocean acidification reduces sperm flagellar motility in broadcast spawning reef invertebrates |
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