The investigators show that the exposure of early life stages of a common estuarine fish (Menidia beryllina) to CO2 concentrations expected in the world's oceans later this century caused severely reduced survival and growth rates. When compared with present-day CO2 levels (~400 ppm), exposure of M. beryllina embryos to ~1,000 ppm until one week post-hatch reduced average survival and length by 74% and 18%, respectively. The egg stage was significantly more vulnerable to high CO2-induced mortality than the post-hatch larval stage.
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Baumann, Hannes; Talmage, Stephanie C; Gobler, Christopher J. 2012. Reduced early life growth and survival in a fish in direct response to increased carbon dioxide. Nature Climate Change, 2, 38-41, doi:10.1038/nclimate1291
Note: This dataset has also been contributed to Pangaea and can be found at http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.773850
Baumann, H., Gobler, C. (2015) Seawater carbonate chemistry, and length and survival of Menidia beryllina during experiments conducted at Southampton Marine Station from 2011-2015. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 25 Feb 2015) Version Date 2015-02-25 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/552111 [access date]
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