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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Main Authors: G. Langer, G. Nehrke, C. Baggini, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, J. M. Hall-Spencer, J. Bijma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/7363/2014/bg-11-7363-2014.pdf