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The potential of ocean acidification on suppressing larval development in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and blood cockle Arca inflata Reeve

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We evaluated the effect of pH on larval development in larval Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and blood cockle (Arca inflata Reeve). The larvae were reared at pH 8.2 (control), 7.9, 7.6, or 7.3 beginning 30 min or 24 h post fertilization. Exposure to lower pH during early embryonic development inhibited larval shell formation in both species. Compared with the control, larvae took longer to reach the D-veliger stage when reared under pH 7.6 and 7.3. Exposure to lower pH immediately after fertilization resulted in significantly delayed shell formation in the Pacific oyster larvae at pH 7.3 and blood cockle larvae at pH 7.6 and 7.3. However, when exposure was delayed until 24 h post fertilization, shell formation was only inhibited in blood cockle larvae reared at pH 7.3. Thus, the early embryonic stages were more sensitive to acidified conditions. Our results suggest that ocean acidification will have an adverse effect on embryonic development in bivalves. Although the effects appear subtle, they may accumulate and lead to subsequent issues during later larval development.

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  1. Mariculture Ecology and Carrying Capacity Laboratory, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Jiaqi Li  (李加琦), Zengjie Jiang  (蒋增杰), Jihong Zhang  (张继红), Yuze Mao  (毛玉泽) & Jianguang Fang  (方建光)

  2. National Engineering Research Center of Marine Shellfish, Weihai, 264316, China

    Dapeng Bian  (卞大鹏)

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Supported by the Special Scientific Research Funds for Central Non-Profit Institutes, CAFS (No. 2014A01YY01), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2011CB409805), the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System (No. CARS-48), and the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2011BAD45B01)

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Li, J., Jiang, Z., Zhang, J. et al. The potential of ocean acidification on suppressing larval development in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and blood cockle Arca inflata Reeve. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 1307–1313 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3317-x

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