pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios
Abstract The increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration in the last few decades has resulted in a decrease in oceanic pH. In this study, we assessed the natural variability of pH in coastal waters off Goa, eastern Arabian Sea. pH T showed large variability (7.6–8.1) with low pH conditions during sout...
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crwiley:10.1111/maec.12614 2024-09-30T14:40:49+00:00 pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios Shetye, Suhas S. Naik, Hema Kurian, Siby Shenoy, Damodar Kuniyil, Nandakumar Fernandes, Michelle Hussain, Afreen Ministry of Earth Sciences 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12614 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maec.12614 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/maec.12614 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Marine Ecology volume 41, issue 5 ISSN 0173-9565 1439-0485 journal-article 2020 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12614 2024-09-05T05:10:00Z Abstract The increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration in the last few decades has resulted in a decrease in oceanic pH. In this study, we assessed the natural variability of pH in coastal waters off Goa, eastern Arabian Sea. pH T showed large variability (7.6–8.1) with low pH conditions during south‐west monsoon (SWM), and the variability is found to be associated with upwelling rather than freshwater runoff. Considering that marine biota inhabiting dynamic coastal waters off Goa are exposed to such wide range of natural fluctuations of pH, an acidification experiment was carried out. We studied the impact of low pH on the local population of sea urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816). Sea urchins were exposed for 210 days to three treatments of pH T : 7.96, 7.76 and 7.46. Our results showed that S. variolaris at pH T 7.96 and 7.76 were not affected, whereas the ones at pH T 7.46 showed adverse effects after 120 days and 50% mortality by 210 days. However, even after exposure to low pH for 210 days, 50% organisms survived. Under low pH conditions (pH T 7.46), the elemental composition of sea urchin spines exhibited deposition of excess Sr 2+ as compared to Mg 2+ ions. We conclude that although the sea urchins would be affected in future high CO 2 waters, at present they are not at risk even during the south‐west monsoon when low pH waters reside on the shelf. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Wiley Online Library Lamarck ENVELOPE(140.027,140.027,-66.666,-66.666) Marine Ecology 41 5 |
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Abstract The increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentration in the last few decades has resulted in a decrease in oceanic pH. In this study, we assessed the natural variability of pH in coastal waters off Goa, eastern Arabian Sea. pH T showed large variability (7.6–8.1) with low pH conditions during south‐west monsoon (SWM), and the variability is found to be associated with upwelling rather than freshwater runoff. Considering that marine biota inhabiting dynamic coastal waters off Goa are exposed to such wide range of natural fluctuations of pH, an acidification experiment was carried out. We studied the impact of low pH on the local population of sea urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816). Sea urchins were exposed for 210 days to three treatments of pH T : 7.96, 7.76 and 7.46. Our results showed that S. variolaris at pH T 7.96 and 7.76 were not affected, whereas the ones at pH T 7.46 showed adverse effects after 120 days and 50% mortality by 210 days. However, even after exposure to low pH for 210 days, 50% organisms survived. Under low pH conditions (pH T 7.46), the elemental composition of sea urchin spines exhibited deposition of excess Sr 2+ as compared to Mg 2+ ions. We conclude that although the sea urchins would be affected in future high CO 2 waters, at present they are not at risk even during the south‐west monsoon when low pH waters reside on the shelf. |
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Shetye, Suhas S. Naik, Hema Kurian, Siby Shenoy, Damodar Kuniyil, Nandakumar Fernandes, Michelle Hussain, Afreen pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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Shetye, Suhas S. Naik, Hema Kurian, Siby Shenoy, Damodar Kuniyil, Nandakumar Fernandes, Michelle Hussain, Afreen |
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Shetye, Suhas S. |
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pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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ph variability off goa (eastern arabian sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios |
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