Ocean Acidification May Increase Calcification Rates - But At A Cost
May 15th 2008Drug InformationWater - Air Quality / Agriculture
As the Oceans take up man made carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, their chemistry is changing faster than ever before; a phenomenon known as “Ocean acidification”. Here we show that Ocean acidification has a positive effect on calcification and metabolic activity in the brittlestar Amphiura filiformis; contrary to previous thinking. However, this positive effect comes at a biological cost, seen as muscle wastage.
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