Effects of increased sea water concentrations of CO2 on growth of the bivalve Mytilus edulis L

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 681 - 687
• Main Authors: BERGE, John Arthur, BJERKENG, Birger, PETTERSEN, Oddbjørn, SCHAANNING, Morten T, ØXNEVAD, Sigurd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Bivalvia; Carbon Dioxide - pharmacology; Carbon Dioxide - toxicity; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Greenhouse Effect; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Invertebrates; Marine; Mollusca; Mortality; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus edulis - drug effects; Mytilus edulis - growth & development; Seawater; Ecotoxicology; Growth; Mytilus edulis; Toxicity; Carbon dioxide; Bivalves; Concentration measurement; Climate change; Bivalvia; Global change; Invertebrata; Mollusca; Climate modification; Sea water

It has been proposed that emission of anthropogenic carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will lead to increased concentrations of CO(2) in sea water corresponding to a decrease of pH of several tenths of pH units. An experiment was performed to test the effects of increased sea water concentrations of C...