Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers

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Hauptverfasser: Langer, Gerald, Nehrke, Gernot, Baggini, Cecilia, Rodolfo-Metalpa, Riccardo, Hall-Spencer, Jason M, Bijma, Jelle
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author Langer, Gerald
Nehrke, Gernot
Baggini, Cecilia
Rodolfo-Metalpa, Riccardo
Hall-Spencer, Jason M
Bijma, Jelle
author_facet Langer, Gerald
Nehrke, Gernot
Baggini, Cecilia
Rodolfo-Metalpa, Riccardo
Hall-Spencer, Jason M
Bijma, Jelle
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Specimens of the patellogastropod limpet Patella caerulea were collected within (pHlow-shells) and outside (pHn-shells) a CO2 vent site at Ischia, Italy. Four pHlow-shells and four pHn-shells were sectioned transversally and scanned for polymorph distribution by means of confocal Raman microscopy. The pHlow-shells displayed a twofold increase in aragonite area fraction and size-normalised aragonite area. Size-normalised calcite area was halved in pHlow-shells. Taken together with the increased apical and the decreased flank size-normalised thickness of the pHlow-shells, these data led us to conclude that low-pH-exposed P. caerulea specimens counteract shell dissolution by enhanced shell production. This is different from normal elongation growth and proceeds through addition of aragonitic parts only, while the production of calcitic parts is confined to elongation growth. Therefore, aragonite cannot be regarded as a disadvantageous polymorph per se under ocean acidification conditions.
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spellingShingle Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers
Langer, Gerald
Nehrke, Gernot
Baggini, Cecilia
Rodolfo-Metalpa, Riccardo
Hall-Spencer, Jason M
Bijma, Jelle
Alkalinity, total; Animalia; Aragonite, fractionated; Aragonite, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Area, size normalized; Area, size normalized, standard deviation; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide, standard deviation; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Ischia_OA; Mediterranean Sea; Mollusca; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Patella caerulea; pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Salinity; Single species; Site; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Thickness, size normalized; Thickness, size normalized, standard deviation
Specimens of the patellogastropod limpet Patella caerulea were collected within (pHlow-shells) and outside (pHn-shells) a CO2 vent site at Ischia, Italy. Four pHlow-shells and four pHn-shells were sectioned transversally and scanned for polymorph distribution by means of confocal Raman microscopy. The pHlow-shells displayed a twofold increase in aragonite area fraction and size-normalised aragonite area. Size-normalised calcite area was halved in pHlow-shells. Taken together with the increased apical and the decreased flank size-normalised thickness of the pHlow-shells, these data led us to conclude that low-pH-exposed P. caerulea specimens counteract shell dissolution by enhanced shell production. This is different from normal elongation growth and proceeds through addition of aragonitic parts only, while the production of calcitic parts is confined to elongation growth. Therefore, aragonite cannot be regarded as a disadvantageous polymorph per se under ocean acidification conditions.
title Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers
topic Alkalinity, total; Animalia; Aragonite, fractionated; Aragonite, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard deviation; Area, size normalized; Area, size normalized, standard deviation; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide, standard deviation; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Ischia_OA; Mediterranean Sea; Mollusca; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Patella caerulea; pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Salinity; Single species; Site; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Thickness, size normalized; Thickness, size normalized, standard deviation
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847223