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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
Volume 407, Issue 2, Pages 266-274Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.06.024
Keywords
Luidia clathrata; Ocean acidification; Regeneration
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- Department of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
- UAB Endowed University
- Abercrombie
- Kent Philanthropy
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The present study examines sublethal effects of near-future (year 2100) ocean acidification (OA) on regenerative capacity, biochemical composition, and behavior of the sea star Luidia clathrata, a predominant predator in sub-tropical soft-bottom habitats. Two groups of sea stars, each with two arms excised, were maintained on a formulated diet in seawater bubbled with air alone (pH 8.2, approximating a pCO(2) of 380 mu atm) or with a controlled mixture of air/CO2 (pH 7.8, approximating a pCO(2) of 780 mu atm). Arm length, total body wet weight, and righting responses were measured weekly. After 97 days, a period of time sufficient for 80% arm regeneration, pyloric caecal indices, and protein, carbohydrate, lipid, and ash levels were determined for body wall and pyloric caecal tissues of intact and regenerating arms of individuals held in both seawater pH treatments. The present study indicates that predicted near-term levels of ocean acidification (seawater pH 7.8) do not significantly impact whole animal growth, arm regeneration rates, biochemical composition, or righting behavior in this common soft bottom sea star. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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