Dataset: Lab study on the effect of seawater pH and aging on mussel adhesive plaques with mussels collected from Penn Cove Shellfish in Coupeville, Washington.

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.783882.1Version 1 (2019-12-10)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Emily Carrington (University of Washington)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Christina Haskins (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Project: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coastal Organisms: An Ecomaterials Perspective (OA - Ecomaterials Perspective)

Abstract

Data generated from laboratory experiments that investigated the influence of seawater pH and byssal thread age on plaque attachment. Mussels (M. trossulus) were collected from Penn Cove Shellfish, Penn Cove, Coupeville, Washington, USA (48°13′N 122°42′W) and held in experimental aquaria at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA for up to 14 days. Mussels produced threads over the course of 4 hrs that were incubated in a range of pH conditions for up to 20 days. Adhesive plaque...

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Data generated from laboratory experiments that investigated the influence of seawater pH and byssal thread age on plaque attachment. Mussels (M. trossulus) were collected from Penn Cove Shellfish, Penn Cove, Coupeville, Washington, USA (48°13′N 122°42′W) and held in experimental aquaria at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA for up to 14 days. Mussels produced threads over the course of 4 hrs that were incubated in a range of pH conditions for up to 20 days. Adhesive plaques were then pulled to failure to determine adhesion strength. These data accompany the manuscript (George, M.N. and Carrington, E. 2018).

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George, M. N., & Carrington, E. (2018). Environmental post-processing increases the adhesion strength of mussel byssus adhesive. Biofouling, 34(4), 388–397. doi:10.1080/08927014.2018.1453927
Methods
Bell, E.C., Gosline, J.M. (1996). Mechanical design of mussel byssus: material yield enhances attachment strength. Journal of Experimental Biology 199(Pt4): 1005–1017.
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Hamada, N., Roman, V., Howell, S., & Wilker, J. (2017). Examining Potential Active Tempering of Adhesive Curing by Marine Mussels. Biomimetics, 2(4), 16. doi:10.3390/biomimetics2030016
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O’Donnell, M. J., George, M. N., & Carrington, E. (2013). Mussel byssus attachment weakened by ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, 3(6), 587–590. doi:10.1038/nclimate1846
Methods
Young GA, Crisp D. 1982. Marine animals and adhesion. In: KW Allend Ed Adhes. Vol. 6. England: Barking, Applied Science Publishers, Ltd.; p. 19–39.

Carrington, E. (2020) Lab study on the effect of seawater pH and aging on mussel adhesive plaques with mussels collected from Penn Cove Shellfish in Coupeville, Washington.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-12-10 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.783882.1 [access date]

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