Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy.
Hexaplex trunculus is a widespread Mediterranean gastropod mollusc that plays a crucial role in benthic ecosystem dynamics. Individuals occur in shallow, sublittoral habitats near Vulcano Island, Italy, where an undersea CO2 vent provides a gradient of seawater acidification mimicing future predicte...
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ftunivpalermo:oai:iris.unipa.it:10447/104653 2024-02-11T10:07:23+01:00 Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. Duquette, AM McClintock, JB Amsler, CD Hall Spencer, JM MILAZZO, Marco Duquette, AM McClintock, JB Amsler, CD Hall-Spencer, JM Milazzo, M 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10447/104653 eng eng Oxford University Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000333049502137 volume:54 issue:S1 firstpage:269 lastpage:269 numberofpages:1 journal:INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/10447/104653 ocean acidification gastropod CO2 seep Vulcano Island info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftunivpalermo 2024-01-23T23:24:10Z Hexaplex trunculus is a widespread Mediterranean gastropod mollusc that plays a crucial role in benthic ecosystem dynamics. Individuals occur in shallow, sublittoral habitats near Vulcano Island, Italy, where an undersea CO2 vent provides a gradient of seawater acidification mimicing future predicted levels of ocean acidification. Individuals were collected from three sites with declining pH [ambient ( pH 8.18), medium (pH 8.05) and low (pH 7.49)]. Dissolution of shells was clearly evident at the medium (smoothing of outer shell ) and low (pitting and holes) pH sites. Scanning electron microcroscopy will provide a qualitative comparative assessment of micro-scale impacts of shell dissolution of individuals from the three sites. X-ray diffraction will provide a quantitative comparative assessment of carbonate composition in shells of individuals from the three pH sites. This study indicates that end of century anticipated levels of ocean acidification are capable of causing severe shell damage that may render individuals more susceptible to infection and predation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification IRIS Università degli Studi di Palermo |
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Hexaplex trunculus is a widespread Mediterranean gastropod mollusc that plays a crucial role in benthic ecosystem dynamics. Individuals occur in shallow, sublittoral habitats near Vulcano Island, Italy, where an undersea CO2 vent provides a gradient of seawater acidification mimicing future predicted levels of ocean acidification. Individuals were collected from three sites with declining pH [ambient ( pH 8.18), medium (pH 8.05) and low (pH 7.49)]. Dissolution of shells was clearly evident at the medium (smoothing of outer shell ) and low (pitting and holes) pH sites. Scanning electron microcroscopy will provide a qualitative comparative assessment of micro-scale impacts of shell dissolution of individuals from the three sites. X-ray diffraction will provide a quantitative comparative assessment of carbonate composition in shells of individuals from the three pH sites. This study indicates that end of century anticipated levels of ocean acidification are capable of causing severe shell damage that may render individuals more susceptible to infection and predation. |
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Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. |
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Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. |
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Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. |
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Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. |
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Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy. |
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effects of reduced ph on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea co2 vent community off vulcano island, italy. |
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