Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentrations on Survivorship in Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

• Main Authors: Payne, Barry S., Miller, Andrew, Adams, Ginny, McMahon, Robert F., Matthews, Milton A.
• Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; *CARBON DIOXIDE; *MUSSELS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MORTALITY RATE; INVERTEBRATES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHLORINATION; PH FACTOR; CHLORINE; AQUATIC BIOLOGY; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; CARBONIC ACID; ZEBRA MUSSELS; Arlington; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA360060; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA360060

Many aquatic invertebrate animals, including bivalves, are intolerant of even relatively modest increases in the ambient concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2). This intolerance is based on the chemical reaction of CO with water to form carbonic acid. Carbon dioxide has the potential to be used as a...