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The Shellfish Corner -- Shellfish And The Problem Of Ocean Acidification, Michael A. Rice
The Shellfish Corner -- Shellfish And The Problem Of Ocean Acidification, Michael A. Rice
Michael A Rice
The acidification of the world's oceans due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is creating a problem in the dissolution of larval shells of mollusks and creating problems for shellfish hatcheries. Hatcheries can mitigate the problem by treating incoming seawater with alkaline sodium carbonate, but there is evidence that acidic sediments in some locations are a source of considerable post-settlement loss of newly set juveniles.