Impact of seawater acidification on shell property of the Manila clam <i>Ruditapes philippinarum</i> grown within and without sediment -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2020,38(1):236-248

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	YUAN Hongmei, XU Xian, YANG Feng, ZHAO Liqiang, YAN Xiwu. Impact of seawater acidification on shell property of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum grown within and without sediment[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020, 38(1): 236-248

Impact of seawater acidification on shell property of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum grown within and without sediment

YUAN Hongmei¹, XU Xian^1,2, YANG Feng¹, ZHAO Liqiang¹, YAN Xiwu¹

1 Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding of Liaoning Province, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China;
2 Ecological Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Wuhan SINOECO Ecological Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Wuhan 430080, China

Abstract:

Although the impact of ocean acidification on marine bivalves has been previously investigated under mainly controlled laboratory conditions, it is still unclear whether the impact of acidification on sediment-burrowing species differs between those within or without sediment. In order to fill this gap in our knowledge, we compared shell properties of the infaunal Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) exposed to three pH concentrations (7.4, 7.7, and 8.0), within and without sediments. In the first experiment (140 d), clams were exposed to seawater in an acidification system without sediment. A decrease in shell weight corresponding to the increase in dissolution rate was observed in the group of pH 7.4, at which shell color disappeared or whitened. SEM observations confirmed the changes of the external shell surface. In the second experiment (170 d), sediment was placed at the bottom of each exposure chamber. The effects were found obvious in shell dissolution rate and shell color in the shell specimens exposed to overlying seawater but not found in the shell specimens exposed to sediment. Although the experimental period was longer in the second experiment, shell specimens in the first experiment were more seriously damaged than those in the second experiment under acidic seawater conditions. Our results, in relation to the defense function of the shell, show that marine bivalves in burrowing behavior are more adaptable to seawater acidification than those who do not burrow into sediment.

Key words: ocean acidification|sediment|Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum)|shell properties

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