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Corallium rubrum is an octocoral endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Slow growing and long living, it has been harvested since ancient times determining overexploitation due to the high economic value of axial skeleton. Moreover the Mg rich calcite skeleton make it vulnerable to ocean acidification. T...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.655.9414 2023-05-15T17:50:53+02:00 ICTA-UAB, Barcelona C. Pelejero S. Rossi P. Ziveri The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.655.9414 http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/pdf/40/PG_0226.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.655.9414 http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/pdf/40/PG_0226.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/pdf/40/PG_0226.pdf Global change Conservation Mediterranean Ridge Cnidaria Ph text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T16:36:44Z Corallium rubrum is an octocoral endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Slow growing and long living, it has been harvested since ancient times determining overexploitation due to the high economic value of axial skeleton. Moreover the Mg rich calcite skeleton make it vulnerable to ocean acidification. To understand the effects of elevated pCO, colonies of C. rubrum were maintained for 314 days in aquarium tanks at 2 pH levels (8,16 and 7,84). Buoyant weight, biochemical balance (protein, carbohydrates and lipids) and spicules morphology were measured. Buoyant weight increment was significantly different between controls and acidified treatment. Aberrant spicule shapes were observed only in acidified treatments. Total organic matter was higher in acidified treatments while no difference was found in carbohydrates, lipids and proteins contents Text Ocean acidification Unknown |
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Corallium rubrum is an octocoral endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Slow growing and long living, it has been harvested since ancient times determining overexploitation due to the high economic value of axial skeleton. Moreover the Mg rich calcite skeleton make it vulnerable to ocean acidification. To understand the effects of elevated pCO, colonies of C. rubrum were maintained for 314 days in aquarium tanks at 2 pH levels (8,16 and 7,84). Buoyant weight, biochemical balance (protein, carbohydrates and lipids) and spicules morphology were measured. Buoyant weight increment was significantly different between controls and acidified treatment. Aberrant spicule shapes were observed only in acidified treatments. Total organic matter was higher in acidified treatments while no difference was found in carbohydrates, lipids and proteins contents |
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