Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Ocean acidification: consequences for fertilization success and larval survival, with relevance to development in the native European oyster, Ostrea edulis, an important aquaculture species Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Alyssa Joyce Coordinator email alyssa.joyce@bioenv.gu.se
Coordinator institution
UGOT - University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2012 End year NA Funding (€) € 355,542 Website NA Summary Application for Young Researcher Mobility Starting Grant The ecological consequences of ocean acidification have recently drawn widespread attention from the scientific community, and work on fertilization success and larval development shows that early stages of embryonic development in many marine species are particularly susceptible to even mild levels of ocean acidification. Despite the importance of pH during larval development, there is still surprisingly little research on the effects of changing seawater pH in bivalve molluscs. The proposed research will therefore investigate ecophysiological factors affecting larval development of the native European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis), which is an important keystone species in Swedish marine ecosystems, as well as a species that is important to commercial aquaculture. Data derived from this project will provide critical perspectives on the potential impacts of ocean acidification during invertebrate skeletogenesis, growth, metamorphosis and post-metamorphic survivorship during larval development under a range of climate change scenarios. The research is also expected to have immediately relevant experimental results towards biophysical optimization of larval productivity in shellfish hatcheries.
Keywords
Oyster;
Mollusc;
Climate change;
Bivalve;
Shellfish;
Impacts;
Larval rearing;
Larval development;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
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