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Sea urchin Arbacia dufresnei (Blainville 1825) larvae response to ocean acidification

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Increased atmospheric CO2 emissions are inducing changes in seawater carbon chemistry, lowering its pH, decreasing carbonate ion availability and reducing calcium carbonate saturation state. This phenomenon, known as ocean acidification, is happening at a faster rate in cold regions, i.e., polar and sub-polar waters. The larval development of Arbacia dufresnei from a sub-Antarctic population was studied at high (8.0), medium (7.7) and low (7.4) pH waters. The results show that the offspring from sub-Antarctic populations of A. dufresnei are susceptible to a development delay at low pH, with no significant increase in abnormal forms. Larvae were isometric between pH treatments. Even at calcium carbonate (CaCO3) saturation states (of both calcite and aragonite, used as proxies of the magnesium calcite) <1, skeleton deposition occurred. Polar and sub-polar sea urchin larvae can show a certain degree of resilience to acidification, also emphasizing A. dufresnei potential to poleward migrate and further colonize southern regions.

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Acknowledgments

A. I. Catarino holds a FCT grant (SFRH/BD/27947/2006, Portugal). Ph. Dubois is a Senior Research Associate of the NFSR (Belgium). Work supported by FRFC contract 2.4532.07 and Belspo contract SD/BA/02B. The authors are grateful to the Laredo Centre personnel for technical support, to E. Newcombe and C. Cardenas (INACH) for diving support and technical advice, to C. Gimpel and G. Asencio (INACH) for assistance, to P. Gosselin for technical advice. The authors are also thankful to N. Khatri, the reviewers S. Dupont and M. Thorndyke (Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences) and to an anonymous reviewer for helping improving the quality of this work.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Ana I. Catarino, Chantal De Ridder & Philippe Dubois

  2. Instituto Antártico Chileno, Plaza Muñoz Gamero N 1055, Punta Arenas, Chile

    Marcelo Gonzalez

  3. Universidad de Magallanes, Centro de Cultivos Marinos Bahía Laredo, Km 24 Ruta 9 Norte, Punta Arenas, Chile

    Pablo Gallardo

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Catarino, A.I., De Ridder, C., Gonzalez, M. et al. Sea urchin Arbacia dufresnei (Blainville 1825) larvae response to ocean acidification. Polar Biol 35, 455–461 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1074-2

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