The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera
Culturing experiments were performed on sediment samples from the Ythan Estuary, N. E. Scotland, to assess the impacts of ocean acidification on test surface ornamentation in the benthic foraminifer Haynesina germanica. Specimens were cultured for 36 weeks at either 380, 750 or 1000 ppm atmospheric...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3866275 2023-05-15T17:49:28+02:00 The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera Khanna, Nikki Godbold, Jasmin A. Austin, William E. N. Paterson, David M. 2013-12-17 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866275 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083118 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083118 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2013 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083118 2013-12-22T01:51:58Z Culturing experiments were performed on sediment samples from the Ythan Estuary, N. E. Scotland, to assess the impacts of ocean acidification on test surface ornamentation in the benthic foraminifer Haynesina germanica. Specimens were cultured for 36 weeks at either 380, 750 or 1000 ppm atmospheric CO2. Analysis of the test surface using SEM imaging reveals sensitivity of functionally important ornamentation associated with feeding to changing seawater CO2 levels. Specimens incubated at high CO2 levels displayed evidence of shell dissolution, a significant reduction and deformation of ornamentation. It is clear that these calcifying organisms are likely to be vulnerable to ocean acidification. A reduction in functionally important ornamentation could lead to a reduction in feeding efficiency with consequent impacts on this organism's survival and fitness. Text Ocean acidification PubMed Central (PMC) PLoS ONE 8 12 e83118 |
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Culturing experiments were performed on sediment samples from the Ythan Estuary, N. E. Scotland, to assess the impacts of ocean acidification on test surface ornamentation in the benthic foraminifer Haynesina germanica. Specimens were cultured for 36 weeks at either 380, 750 or 1000 ppm atmospheric CO2. Analysis of the test surface using SEM imaging reveals sensitivity of functionally important ornamentation associated with feeding to changing seawater CO2 levels. Specimens incubated at high CO2 levels displayed evidence of shell dissolution, a significant reduction and deformation of ornamentation. It is clear that these calcifying organisms are likely to be vulnerable to ocean acidification. A reduction in functionally important ornamentation could lead to a reduction in feeding efficiency with consequent impacts on this organism's survival and fitness. |
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The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera |
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The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera |
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The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera |
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The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera |
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