Effects of low-pH stress on shell traits of the dove snail, <i>Anachis misera</i>, inhabiting shallow-vent environments off  Kueishan Islet, Taiwan

Chen, Y. J.; Wu, J. Y.; Chen, C. T. A.; Liu, L. L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2631-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2631-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2631-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Research article

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05 May 2015

Research article |

| 05 May 2015

Effects of low-pH stress on shell traits of the dove snail, Anachis misera, inhabiting shallow-vent environments off Kueishan Islet, Taiwan

Y. J. Chen, J. Y. Wu, C. T. A. Chen, and L. L. Liu

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RC C7447: 'Effects of low pH stress on the dove snail A misera', jason Hall-Spencer, 18 Dec 2014
- AC C8353: 'Reply from the authors', Li-Lian Liu, 28 Jan 2015
RC C7678: 'Review of ‘Effects of low pH stress…Taiwan’ by Chen et al.', K.S. Tan, 30 Dec 2014
- AC C8355: 'Reply from the authors', Li-Lian Liu, 28 Jan 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Li-Lian Liu on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2015)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Mar 2015) by Minhan Dai

RR by jason Hall-Spencer (22 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Mar 2015) by Minhan Dai

AR by Li-Lian Liu on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish as is (02 Apr 2015) by Minhan Dai

AR by Li-Lian Liu on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2015)

Short summary

This was the first study to compare snail’s morphological traits under varying shallow-vent stresses using populations previously classified by protein expression profiles. Anachis snails were classified as V-South (pH 7.78-7.82) and V-Rest (pH 7.31-7.83). There was a difference in shell width : length, with vent populations being more globular. Vent Anachis snails had thinner body whorl (56%) and penultimate whorl (29%) shells than non-vent Euplica sp.