Oyster reproduction is compromised by acidification experienced seasonally in coastal regions

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 13276 - 9
• Main Authors: Boulais, Myrina, Chenevert, Kyle John, Demey, Ashley Taylor, Darrow, Elizabeth S., Robison, Madison Raine, Roberts, John Park, Volety, Aswani
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.10.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 14/63; 631/443/494/2732; 631/601/1737; 704/106/694/2739; 704/106/829/826; Acidification; Animals; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Coastal ecosystems; Coastal zone; Estuaries; Female; Fertilization; Gametogenesis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Keystone species; Larval development; Male; multidisciplinary; Ocean acidification; Oogenesis; Ostreidae - physiology; Oysters; pH effects; Reproduction; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasons; Seawater - analysis; Seawater - chemistry; Sex Ratio; Shellfish; Spermatogenesis; Time Factors

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have been rising during the past century, leading to ocean acidification (OA). Coastal and estuarine habitats experience annual pH variability that vastly exceeds the magnitude of long-term projections in open ocean regions. Eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virg...