Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers
Specimens of the patellogastropod limpet <i>Patella caerulea</i> were collected within (pH<sub>low</sub>-shells) and outside (pH<sub>n</sub>-shells) a CO<sub>2</sub> vent site at Ischia, Italy. Four pH<sub>low</sub>-shells and four pH<su...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-12-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/7363/2014/bg-11-7363-2014.pdf |