Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers

Langer, G.; Nehrke, G.; Baggini, C.; Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Hall-Spencer, J. M.; Bijma, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7363-2014

Articles | Volume 11, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7363-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7363-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 24

Research article

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20 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2014

Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers

G. Langer, G. Nehrke, C. Baggini, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, J. M. Hall-Spencer, and J. Bijma

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SC C4852: 'comments', Yannicke Dauphin, 02 Sep 2014
- RC C5197: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Sep 2014
- AC C5212: 'Reply to Yannicke Dauphin', Gerald Langer, 17 Sep 2014
RC C5550: 'Review of "Limpets counteract ocean acidification induced shell corrosion by thickening of aragonitic shell layers"', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Sep 2014
- AC C5929: 'Reply to Referee 2', Gerald Langer, 16 Oct 2014

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Nov 2014) by Aldo Shemesh

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Specimens of the patellogastropod limpet Patella caerulea were collected within and outside a CO2 vent site at Ischia, Italy. The distribution of different crystal structures across shell sections was analysed. Patella caerulea counteracts shell dissolution in corrosive waters by enhanced production of aragonitic parts of the shell. We conclude that it is not possible to predict the dissolution behaviour of a composite biomineral on the basis of the properties of its constituent mineral.