期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 283, 期 1832, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0392
关键词
ocean acidification; California mussel; California current large marine ecosystem; ocean pH; shell thickness; Mytilus californianus
资金
- SeaDoc Foundation
- NSF [OCE01-17801, OCE09-28232, DEB09-19420, OCE-75-20958]
- DoD NDSEG Fellowship
- NSF GRFP Fellowship
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1556874] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Seawater pH and the availability of carbonate ions are decreasing due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, posing challenges for calcifying marine species. Marine mussels are of particular concern given their role as foundation species worldwide. Here, we document shell growth and calcification patterns in Mytilus californianus, the California mussel, over millennial and decadal scales. By comparing shell thickness across the largest modern shells, the largest mussels collected in the 1960s-1970s and shells from two Native American midden sites (similar to 1000-2420 years BP), we found that modern shells are thinner overall, thinner per age category and thinner per unit length. Thus, the largest individuals of this species are calcifying less now than in the past. Comparisons of shell thickness in smaller individuals over the past 10-40 years, however, do not show significant shell thinning. Given our sampling strategy, these results are unlikely to simply reflect within-site variability or preservation effects. Review of environmental and biotic drivers known to affect shell calcification suggests declining ocean pH as a likely explanation for the observed shell thinning. Further future decreases in shell thickness could have significant negative impacts on M. californianus survival and, in turn, negatively impact the species-rich complex that occupies mussel beds.
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