Huxley Environmental Speaker Series: Oysters, Ocean Acidification, and -Omics

• Main Author: Yaamini Venkataraman
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2020
• Subjects: Marine Biology; 50101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; 60806 Animal Physiological Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; 60404 Epigenetics incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics; 60205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology incl. Marine Ichthyology; Pacific; Huxley; Crassostrea gigas; Ocean acidification; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13198181; https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Huxley_Environmental_Speaker_Series_Oysters_Ocean_Acidification_and_-Omics/13198181

Pacific oysters are an integral part of Puget Sound's ecology, economy, and culture. This talk will explore how ocean acidification affects multiple generations of oysters. Temporarily exposing adult Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to low pH prior to gametogenesis affects larval abundance....