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ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 814-824Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv208
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Nassarius festivus; ocean acidification; physiological energetics; salinity; scope for growth; temperature
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- City University of Hong Kong [7004027]
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In the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of studies revealing negative or positive effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms including corals, echinoderms, copepods, molluscs, and fish. However, scavenging gastropods have received little attention despite being major players in energy flow, removing carrion, and recycling materials in marine benthic communities. The present study investigated the physiological responses (ingestion, absorption rate and efficiency, respiration, and excretion) and scope for growth (SfG) of an intertidal scavenging gastropod, Nassarius festivus, to the combined effects of ocean acidification (pCO(2) levels: 380, 950, and 1250 mu atm), salinity (10 and 30 psu), and temperature (15 and 30 degrees C) for 31 d. Low salinity (10 psu) reduced ingestion, absorption rate, respiration, excretion, and SfG of N. festivus throughout the exposure period. Low temperature (15 degrees C) had a similar effect on these parameters, except for SfG at the end of the exposure period (31 d). However, elevated pCO(2) levels had no effects in isolation on all physiological parameters and only weak interactions with temperature and/or salinity for excretion and SfG. In conclusion, elevated pCO(2) will not affect the energy budget of adult N. festivus at the pCO(2) level predicted to occur by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the year 2300.
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