Effects of elevated seawater pCO₂ on early development of scallop Argopecten irradias (Lamarck, 1819)

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• 作者：Weimin Wang ; Guangxing Liu ; Tianwen Zhang…
• 关键词：Argopecten irradias ; elevated seawater pCO2 ; fertilization ; embryonic development
• 刊名：Journal of Ocean University of China
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：15
• 期：6
• 页码：1073-1079
• 全文大小：356 KB
• 刊物主题：Oceanography; Meteorology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1993-5021
• 卷排序：15

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To investigate the effects of elevated seawater pCO₂ on the early developmental stages of marine benthic calcifying organisms, we exposed the eggs and larvae of Argopecten irradias, an important bivalve species in Chinese aquaculture, in seawater equilibrated with CO₂-enriched (1000 ppm) gas mixtures. We demonstrated that elevated seawater pCO₂ significantly interfered with fertilization and larval development and resulted in an increased aberration rate. Fertilization in the treatment (pH 7.6) was 74.3% ± 3.8%, which was 9.7% lower than that in the control (pH 8.3) (84.0% ±3.0%). Hatching success decreased by 23.7%, and aberration rate increased by 30.3% under acidic condition. Larvae in acidified seawater still developed a shell during the post-embryonic phase. However, the shell length and height in the treatment were smaller than those in the control. The development of embryos differed significantly at 12 h after fertilization between the two experimental groups. Embryos developed slower in acidified seawater. Nearly half of the embryos in the control developed into D-shaped larvae at 48 h after fertilization, which were considerably more than those in the treatment (11.7%). Results suggest that future ocean acidification (OA) would cause detrimental effects on the early development of A. irradias.