Dissolution: The Achilles’ Heel of the Triton Shell in an Acidifying Ocean

• Main Authors: ハーベイ, ベンジャミン ポール, ハーベイ , ベンジャミン ポール, HARVEY, Benjamin Paul, アゴスティーニ, シルバン, AGOSTINI, Sylvain, 稲葉, 一男, イナバ, カズオ, INABA, Kazuo, 和田, 茂樹, ワダ, シゲキ, WADA, Shigeki, Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2018
• Subjects: Achilles Heel; Triton; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/51781/files/fMS_5.pdf

Ocean acidification is expected to negatively impact many calcifying marine organisms by impairing their ability to build their protective shells and skeletons, and by causing dissolution and erosion. Here we investigated the large predatory “triton shell” gastropod Charonia lampas in acidified cond...