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SUBMITTER: Swezey DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584875 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Swezey Daniel S DS Boles Sara E SE Aquilino Kristin M KM Stott Haley K HK Bush Doug D Whitehead Andrew A Rogers-Bennett Laura L Hill Tessa M TM Sanford Eric E
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201005 42
Ocean acidification (OA) poses a major threat to marine ecosystems and shellfish aquaculture. A promising mitigation strategy is the identification and breeding of shellfish varieties exhibiting resilience to acidification stress. We experimentally compared the effects of OA on two populations of red abalone (<i>Haliotis rufescens</i>), a marine mollusc important to fisheries and global aquaculture. Results from our experiments simulating captive aquaculture conditions demonstrated that abalone ...[more]