Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Checkley, David M, Dickson, Andrew G, Takahashi, Motomitsu, Radich, J Adam, Eisenkolb, Nadine, Asch, Rebecca
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.728723
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • A large fraction of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere by human activity enters the sea, causing ocean acidification. We show that otoliths (aragonite ear bones) of young fish grown under high CO2 (low pH) conditions are larger than normal, contrary to expectation. We hypothesize that CO2 moves freely through the epithelium around the otoliths in young fish, accelerating otolith growth while the local pH is controlled. This is the converse of the effect commonly reported for structural biominerals.