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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Ben P. Harvey, Sylvain Agostini, Shigeki Wada, Kazuo Inaba, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
dissolution
ocean acidification
CO2 seeps
Charonia lampas
triton shell
calcifying organisms
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00371/full

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