Bottom-up effects on biomechanical properties of the skeletal plates of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) in an acidified ocean scenario

• Main Authors: Asnaghi, Valentina, Collard, Marie, Mangialajo, Luisa, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Dubois, Philippe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biologie; Macroalgae; Ocean acidification; Paracentrotus lividus; Sea urchins; Temperate reefs; Trophic cascade; Lamarck
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/284957; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/284957/1/Elsevier_268584.pdf; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/284957/5/Asnaghi_et_al_2019-postprint.pdf

Sea urchins, ecologically important herbivores of shallow subtidal temperate reefs, are considered particularly threatened in a future ocean acidification scenario, since their carbonate structures (skeleton and grazing apparatus) are made up of the very soluble high-magnesium calcite, particularly...