Dead, Eroded Mussels (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Dead, Eroded Mussels

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Dead mussels as well as live mussels with open, eroded shells are possible symptoms of stress from declining ocean pH and increasing acidity.

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C.A. Pfister, University of Chicago

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