Seawater carbonate chemistry and severe tissue damage in Atlantic cod larvae under increasing ocean acidification, 2012

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Ocean acidification, caused by increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2, is one of the most critical anthropogenicthreats to marine life. Changes in seawater carbonate chemistry have the potential to disturb calcification, acid-base regulation, blood circulation and respiration, as well as the nervous system of marine organisms, leading to long-term effects such as reduced growth rates and reproduction. In teleost fishes, early life-history stages are particularly vulnerable as they lack specialized internal pH regulatory mechanisms. So far, impacts of relevant CO2concentrations on larval fish have been found in behaviour and otolith size, mainly in tropical, non-commercial species. Here we show detrimental effects of ocean acidification on the development of a mass-spawning fish species of high commercial importance. We reared Atlantic cod larvae at three levels of CO2, (1) present day, (2) end of next century and (3) an extreme, coastal upwelling scenario, in a long-term ( 2.5 1/2 months) mesocosm experiment. Exposure to CO2 resulted in severe to lethal tissue damage in many internal organs, with the degree of damage increasing with CO2 concentration. As larval survival is the bottleneck to recruitment, ocean acidification has the potential to act as an additional source of natural mortality, affecting populations of already exploited fish stocks.

Supplement to: Frommel, Andrea Y; Maneja, Rommel H; Lowe, David J; Malzahn, Arne; Geffen, Audrey J; Folkvord, Arild; Piatkowski, Uwe; Reusch, Thorsten B H; Clemmesen, Catriona (2012): Severe tissue damage in Atlantic cod larvae under increasing ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, 2, 42-46

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778466
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1324
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Creator Frommel, Andrea Y ORCID logo; Maneja, Rommel H ORCID logo; Lowe, David J ORCID logo; Malzahn, Arne ORCID logo; Geffen, Audrey J ORCID logo; Folkvord, Arild ORCID logo; Piatkowski, Uwe ORCID logo; Reusch, Thorsten B H ORCID logo; Clemmesen, Catriona ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2012
Funding Reference Seventh Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Crossref Funder ID 211384 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/211384 European Project on Ocean Acidification; Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 511106 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/511106 European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
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Discipline Earth System Research
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z