The impacts of ocean acidification and multiple estuarine stressors on early-life stage of bivalve shellfish from a laboratory experiment study (NCEI Accession 0172041) ...

• Main Authors: Gobler, Christopher J., Nye, Janet A., Grear, Jason S., Griffith, Andrew W., Wallace, Ryan B., Clark, Hannah R., DePasquale, Elizabeth L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 2018
• Subjects: Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/v5z036gp; https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0172041

This dataset contains results (e.g., mean survival, growth, and developmental rate etc.) from laboratory-based trials involving early-life stage (larval and juvenile) bivalve shellfish exposed to: 1) diurnal fluctuations in carbonate chemistry and dissolved oxygen; (2) chronic exposures to multiple, estuarine stressors (e.g., low pH, low DO, and thermal stress); and (3) transgenerational acidification. Results from diurnal experiments indicated that exposure to ideal conditions (e.g., pH = 7.9; DO > 7 mg/L) during the daytime did not offset the harmful impacts of acidification and hypoxia experienced by both larval- and juvenile-staged bivalve shellfish during non-daylight hours. In addition, laboratory studies involving chronic (i.e., sustained conditions) exposures to several estuarine stressors revealed that the combined and interactive impacts of multiple, co-occurring stressors can be more detrimental than singular exposures to individual stressors, outcomes that cannot be predicted based upon ...