Naturally acidified habitat selects for ocean acidification-tolerant mussels. ...

• Main Authors: Thomsen, Jörn, Stapp, Laura, Haynert, Kristin, Schade, Hanna, Danelli, Maria, Lannig, Gisela, Wegner, K Mathias, Melzner, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification BIOACID; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.877947; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.877947

Ocean acidification severely affects bivalves, especially their larval stages. Consequently, the fate of this ecologically and economically important group depends on the capacity and rate of evolutionary adaptation to altered ocean carbonate chemistry. We document successful settlement of wild muss...