Calcification rates of the blue mussel and the Pacific oyster decline with increasing ocean acidification. Mussel and oyster calcification may decrease by 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively, by the end of the century. (Laboratory study)

Author(s): Gazeau, F.

Date: 2007

Link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006GL028554

Overview:
Scientific Literature

Additional Topics:
Aquaculture
Biological effects of OCA
Calcification

Marine Life:
Mollusks

Parameters:
CO2 / pCO2

Species Group:
Mussels
Oysters
Shellfish