Ocean acidification reduces hardness and stiffness of the Portuguese oyster shell with impaired microstructure: a hierarchical analysis

Meng, Yuan; Guo, Zhenbin; Fitzer, Susan C.; Upadhyay, Abhishek; Chan, Vera B. S.; Li, Chaoyi; Cusack, Maggie; Yao, Haimin; Yeung, Kelvin W. K.; Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6833-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6833-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6833-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

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16 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 16 Nov 2018

Ocean acidification reduces hardness and stiffness of the Portuguese oyster shell with impaired microstructure: a hierarchical analysis

Yuan Meng, Zhenbin Guo, Susan C. Fitzer, Abhishek Upadhyay, Vera B. S. Chan, Chaoyi Li, Maggie Cusack, Haimin Yao, Kelvin W. K. Yeung, and Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

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RC1: 'Referee report: MS# bg-2018-204 “Ocean acidification reduces mechanical properties of the Portuguese oyster shell with impaired microstructure: a hierarchical analysis” by Y. Meng et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Yuan Meng, 30 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review BG-2018-204', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Yuan Meng, 30 Jul 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Aug 2018) by Lennart de Nooijer

AR by Yuan Meng on behalf of the Authors (09 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Sep 2018) by Lennart de Nooijer

AR by Yuan Meng on behalf of the Authors (01 Oct 2018)

Short summary

The paper revealed a potential structural deterioration induced by ocean acidification on the shells of an ecologically and economically important oyster, which is critical to forecasting the survival and production of edible oysters in the future ocean. Importantly, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration including aquaculture, crystallography, medical and materials science, which could be applied to other biomineral systems to hierarchically analyse the impact of ocean acidification.