Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost
Ocean acidification is the lowering of pH in the oceans as a result of increasing uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is entering the oceans at a greater rate than ever before, reducing the ocean's natural buffering capacity and lowering pH. Previous work on the biological cons...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2008.0343 2024-10-06T13:51:47+00:00 Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost Wood, Hannah L Spicer, John I Widdicombe, Stephen 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0343 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2008.0343 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2008.0343 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 275, issue 1644, page 1767-1773 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2008 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0343 2024-09-09T06:01:08Z Ocean acidification is the lowering of pH in the oceans as a result of increasing uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is entering the oceans at a greater rate than ever before, reducing the ocean's natural buffering capacity and lowering pH. Previous work on the biological consequences of ocean acidification has suggested that calcification and metabolic processes are compromised in acidified seawater. By contrast, here we show, using the ophiuroid brittlestar Amphiura filiformis as a model calcifying organism, that some organisms can increase the rates of many of their biological processes (in this case, metabolism and the ability to calcify to compensate for increased seawater acidity). However, this upregulation of metabolism and calcification, potentially ameliorating some of the effects of increased acidity comes at a substantial cost (muscle wastage) and is therefore unlikely to be sustainable in the long term. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 1644 1767 1773 |
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Ocean acidification is the lowering of pH in the oceans as a result of increasing uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is entering the oceans at a greater rate than ever before, reducing the ocean's natural buffering capacity and lowering pH. Previous work on the biological consequences of ocean acidification has suggested that calcification and metabolic processes are compromised in acidified seawater. By contrast, here we show, using the ophiuroid brittlestar Amphiura filiformis as a model calcifying organism, that some organisms can increase the rates of many of their biological processes (in this case, metabolism and the ability to calcify to compensate for increased seawater acidity). However, this upregulation of metabolism and calcification, potentially ameliorating some of the effects of increased acidity comes at a substantial cost (muscle wastage) and is therefore unlikely to be sustainable in the long term. |
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Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost |
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Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost |
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