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Shellfish Face Uncertain Future in High CO(2) World: Influence of Acidification on Oyster Larvae Calcification and Growth in Estuaries

BACKGROUND: Human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide by 36% during the past 200 years. One third of all anthropogenic CO(2) has been absorbed by the oceans, reducing pH by about 0.1 of a unit and significantly altering their carbonate chemistry. There is widesprea...

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Autores principales: Miller, A. Whitman, Reynolds, Amanda C., Sobrino, Cristina, Riedel, Gerhardt F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005661