Mussels Adapt to Harden Their Shells, in Response to Ocean Acidification (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Mussels Adapt to Harden Their Shells, in Response to Ocean Acidification (1 of 2)

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A Mytilus edulis larva in the prodissoconch I stage two days post-fertilization with an approximate shell length of 120 μm. The red line indicates the measurement of maximal shell length. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 26, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Thomsen at Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Naturally acidified habitat selects for ocean acidification-tolerant mussels."

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[Credit: Thomsen <i>et al.</i> Sci. Adv. 2017;3:e1602411]

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