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Main Authors: Fitzer, Susan C, McGill, Rona A R, Torres Gabarda, Sergio, Hughes, Brian, Dove, Michael, O'Connor, Wayne A, Byrne, Maria
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.911619
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author Fitzer, Susan C
McGill, Rona A R
Torres Gabarda, Sergio
Hughes, Brian
Dove, Michael
O'Connor, Wayne A
Byrne, Maria
author_facet Fitzer, Susan C
McGill, Rona A R
Torres Gabarda, Sergio
Hughes, Brian
Dove, Michael
O'Connor, Wayne A
Byrne, Maria
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Commercial shellfish aquaculture is vulnerable to the impacts of ocean acidification driven by increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption by the ocean as well as to coastal acidification driven by land run off and rising sea level. These drivers of environmental acidification have deleterious effects on biomineralization. We investigated shell biomineralization of selectively bred and wild‐type families of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata in a study of oysters being farmed in estuaries at aquaculture leases differing in environmental acidification. The contrasting estuarine pH regimes enabled us to determine the mechanisms of shell growth and the vulnerability of this species to contemporary environmental acidification. Determination of the source of carbon, the mechanism of carbon uptake and use of carbon in biomineral formation are key to understanding the vulnerability of shellfish aquaculture to contemporary and future environmental acidification. We, therefore, characterized the crystallography and carbon uptake in the shells of S. glomerata, resident in habitats subjected to coastal acidification, using high‐resolution electron backscatter diffraction and carbon isotope analyses (as δ13C). We show that oyster families selectively bred for fast growth and families selected for disease resistance can alter their mechanisms of calcite crystal biomineralization, promoting resilience to acidification. The responses of S. glomerata to acidification in their estuarine habitat provide key insights into mechanisms of mollusc shell growth under future climate change conditions. Importantly, we show that selective breeding in oysters is likely to be an important global mitigation strategy for sustainable shellfish aquaculture to withstand future climate‐driven change to habitat acidification.
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spellingShingle Seawater carbonate chemistry and crystallography and carbon uptake in the shells of Saccostrea glomerata
Fitzer, Susan C
McGill, Rona A R
Torres Gabarda, Sergio
Hughes, Brian
Dove, Michael
O'Connor, Wayne A
Byrne, Maria
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Brackish waters; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Description; Estuary; Event label; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fluorescence, dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence, dissolved organic matter, standard deviation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Identification; Mollusca; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Other studied parameter or process; Oxygen, dissolved; Oxygen, dissolved, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH, total scale; Port_Stephens; Registration number of species; Saccostrea glomerata; Salinity; Single species; Site; South Pacific; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Wallis_Lake_OA; δ13C; δ13C, standard deviation
Commercial shellfish aquaculture is vulnerable to the impacts of ocean acidification driven by increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption by the ocean as well as to coastal acidification driven by land run off and rising sea level. These drivers of environmental acidification have deleterious effects on biomineralization. We investigated shell biomineralization of selectively bred and wild‐type families of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata in a study of oysters being farmed in estuaries at aquaculture leases differing in environmental acidification. The contrasting estuarine pH regimes enabled us to determine the mechanisms of shell growth and the vulnerability of this species to contemporary environmental acidification. Determination of the source of carbon, the mechanism of carbon uptake and use of carbon in biomineral formation are key to understanding the vulnerability of shellfish aquaculture to contemporary and future environmental acidification. We, therefore, characterized the crystallography and carbon uptake in the shells of S. glomerata, resident in habitats subjected to coastal acidification, using high‐resolution electron backscatter diffraction and carbon isotope analyses (as δ13C). We show that oyster families selectively bred for fast growth and families selected for disease resistance can alter their mechanisms of calcite crystal biomineralization, promoting resilience to acidification. The responses of S. glomerata to acidification in their estuarine habitat provide key insights into mechanisms of mollusc shell growth under future climate change conditions. Importantly, we show that selective breeding in oysters is likely to be an important global mitigation strategy for sustainable shellfish aquaculture to withstand future climate‐driven change to habitat acidification.
title Seawater carbonate chemistry and crystallography and carbon uptake in the shells of Saccostrea glomerata
topic Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Brackish waters; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Description; Estuary; Event label; EXP; Experiment; Field observation; Fluorescence, dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence, dissolved organic matter, standard deviation; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Identification; Mollusca; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Other studied parameter or process; Oxygen, dissolved; Oxygen, dissolved, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH, total scale; Port_Stephens; Registration number of species; Saccostrea glomerata; Salinity; Single species; Site; South Pacific; Species; Temperate; Temperature, water; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Wallis_Lake_OA; δ13C; δ13C, standard deviation
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.911619