Calcification repsonse of m,arione bivalves to changed carbonate chemistry ...

• Main Authors: Thomsen, Jörn, Haynert, Kristin, Wegner, K Mathias, Melzner, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification BIOACID; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.856883; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.856883

Bivalve calcification, particularly of the early larval stages, is highly sensitive to the change in ocean carbonate chemistry resulting from atmospheric CO2 uptake. Earlier studies suggested that declining seawater [CO32-] and thereby lowered carbonate saturation affect shell production. However, d...