Elevated carbon dioxide alters the plasma composition and behaviour of a shark

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Green, Leon, Jutfelt, Fredrik
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: Global Change Biology; Canicula; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190963/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232027; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0538

Increased carbon emissions from fossil fuels are increasing the pCO2 of the ocean surface waters in a process called ocean acidification. Elevated water pCO2 can induce physiological and behavioural effects in teleost fishes, although there appear to be large differences in sensitivity between speci...