| Contributors | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kapsenberg, Lydia | Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) (UPMC) | Principal Investigator, Contact |
| Biddle, Mathew | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) | BCO-DMO Data Manager |
Mussel larvae of Mytilus galloprovincialis were grown in static and fluctuating pH treatments in a flow-through seawater system. pH was modified with CO2 gas. Larvae were collected on day 3 (D-veliger stage) and staged for developmental success and morphology, using microscope photography. See publication for details.
BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
Taylor Heyl added abstract and keywords.
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development.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.10 KB) MD5:0e76c36d36ba6901b878b04ca43425dd Primary data file for dataset ID 751232 |
| Parameter | Description | Units |
| experiment | experiment number | unitless |
| treatment | pH treatment conditions | unitless |
| bucket | bucket identification number of the larval culture | unitless |
| age_day | age of mussel larvae in days at the time of measurement | days |
| family_pairID | family or pair identification number | unitless |
| N_norm_veliger | number of normally developed D-veliger larvae | count |
| N_egg | number of unfertilized eggs | count |
| N_troch | number of larvae in the trochophore stage with no visible shell development | count |
| N_dead_veliger | number of dead D-veliger larvae | count |
| N_abn_hinge | number of D-veliger larvae with an abnormal shell hinge | count |
| N_abn_mantle | number of D-veliger larvae with abnormal/protruding mantle tissue | count |
| N_abn_hinge_mantle | number of D-veliger larvae with both an abnormal shell hinge and abnormal mantle | count |
| N_total | total number of larvae observed per larval culture | count |
NSF abstract:
One of the major goals of ocean acidification research is to understand how ecosystem functioning and services will change in the future. In this project, the fellow will assess the influence of pH variability on an ecologically and economically important mussel species, under future ocean pH and temperature conditions. The research will be conducted at Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France in collaboration with international host scientist Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso and sponsoring scientist Dr. Todd Martz (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA). By hosting a workshop, the fellow will introduce pH sensors to European students and scientists and promote the use of field data in the design of biological experiments. The project supports the training of a postdoctoral fellow and two undergraduate student interns. Results and data from this project will be disseminated at conferences and through open-access publications and data repositories.
Experiments investigating the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms often ignore the spatio-temporal variability in seawater pH that is present in coastal marine ecosystems. Such heterogeneity in pH may provide temporal refuge from corrosive seawater under future levels of acidification. Utilizing a combination of field and lab experiments, this project will evaluate the influence of pH variability and interactive effects of warming and acidification on mussel physiology through several levels of biological organization. Should variability in pH provide beneficial effects on mussel development and growth, results of the project provide an avenue for local management of ocean acidification in coastal regions and aquaculture practices.
This project produced the following publications:
Kapsenberg, L., Miglioli, A., Bitter, M. C., Tambutté, E., Dumollard, R., and Gattuso, J. P. (2018) Ocean pH fluctuations affect mussel larvae at key developmental transitions, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, 20182381, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2381.
Kapsenberg, L, EE Bockmon, PJ Bresnahan, KJ Kroeker, J-P Gattuso, and TR Martz (2017) Advancing ocean acidification biology using Durafet® pH electrodes. Frontiers in Marine Science 4: 321. doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00321
Kapsenberg, L, S Alliouane, F Gazeau, L Mousseau, and JP Gattuso (2017) Coastal ocean acidification and increasing total alkalinity in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Science 13: 411-426. doi:10.5194/os-13-411-2017
Kapsenberg, L, DK Okamoto, J Dutton, and GE Hofmann (2017) Sensitivity of sea urchin fertilization to pH varies across a natural pH mosaic. Ecology and Evolution 7: 1737-1750. doi:10.1002/ece3.2776
| Funding Source | Award |
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| NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) |