The relation among essential habitat, ocean acidification, and calcification on the Nantucket bay scallop (Argopecten irradians)

• Main Author: Broadaway, Bryanna Joy
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Massachusetts Boston 2012
• Subjects: Ecology|Climate Change|Biogeochemistry|Environmental science; Lamarck; Nantucket; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3511268

The relation among essential habitat, ocean acidification, and calcification in Argopecten irradians (Lamarck 1819) was examined through field and laboratory research. Three major questions were addressed: (1) What habitat conditions are associated with abundant populations of bay scallops in Nantuc...