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Pansch, C.; Nasrolahi, A.; Appelhans, Y.S.; Wahl, M. (2012). Tolerance of juvenile barnacles (Amphibalanus improvisus) to warming and elevated pCO2. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 159(8): 2023-2035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2069-4
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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- Pansch, C.
- Nasrolahi, A.
- Appelhans, Y.S.
- Wahl, M.
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| Abstract |
We investigated the impacts of warming and elevated pCO2 on newly settled Amphibalanus improvisus from Kiel Fjord, an estuarine ecosystem characterized by significant natural pCO2 variability. In two experiments, juvenile barnacles were maintained at two temperature and three pCO2 levels (20/24 °C, 700–2,140 µatm) for 8 weeks in a batch culture and at four pCO2 levels (20 °C, 620–2,870 µatm) for 12 weeks in a water flow-through system. Warming as well as elevated pCO2 hardly affected growth or the condition index of barnacles, although some factor combinations led to temporal significances in enhanced or reduced growth with an increase in pCO2. While warming increased the shell strength of A. improvisus individuals, elevated pCO2 had only weak effects. We demonstrate a strong tolerance of juvenile A. improvisus to mean acidification levels of about 1,000 µatm pCO2 as is already naturally experienced by the investigated barnacle population. |
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