Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 242, Issue -, Pages 156-163Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.053
Keywords
Salinity; pCO(2); Mussels; Energetic physiology; Climate change
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Funding
- Programa de Investigacion Asociativa, PIA CONICYT-CHILE [Anillos ACT-132, Anillos ACT-172037]
- FONDECYT [1161420]
- Center FONDAP-CONICYT IDEAL [15150003]
- Millennium Nucleus Center for the Study of Multiple-Drivers on Marine Socio-ecological Systems (MUSELS) - ICM MINECON
- NSERC
- UPEI
- CLIMAR [ELAC2015/T01-0495]
- MINECON [IC120019]
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As a result of human activities, climate forecasts predict changes in the oceans pCO(2) and salinity levels with unknown impacts on marine organisms. As a consequence, an increasing number of studies have begun to address the individual influence of pCO(2) and salinity but much remains to be done to understand their combined effects on the physiology and ecology of marine species. Our study addressed this knowledge gap by measuring the influence of current and predicted levels of pCO(2) (380 and 1200 ppm, respectively) and salinity (20, 25 and 30 ps mu) on the energetic physiology of juvenile mussels (Mytilus chilensis) from the south-eastern Pacific region. Our results indicate that a reduced salinity caused a significant reduction in clearance rate, absorption efficiency and scope for growth of this species. Meanwhile, an increase in pCO(2) levels caused a reduction in excretion rates and interacted significantly with salinity in the rate of oxygen uptake measured in the mussel. These results suggest that potential changes in salinity might have a direct role on the physiology of M. chilensis. The effect of pCO(2), although less prevalent among the variables measured here, did interact with salinity and is also likely to alter the physiology of this species. Given the ecological and economic importance of M. chilensis, we call for further studies exploring the influence of pCO(2) across a wider range of salinities. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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