Physiological effects of environmental acidification in the deep-sea urchin Strongylocentrotus fragilis

• Published in: Biogeosciences Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 1413 - 1423
• Main Authors: Taylor, J. R, Lovera, C, Whaling, P. J, Buck, K. R, Pane, E. F, Barry, J. P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 13.03.2014; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Climate change; Environmental aspects; Marine; Physiological aspects; Strongylocentrotus; IE, Pacific

Anthropogenic CO2 is now reaching depths over 1000 m in the Eastern Pacific, overlapping the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ). Deep-sea animals are suspected to be especially sensitive to environmental acidification associated with global climate change. We have investigated the effects of elevated pCO2 an...