Project description
Studying OA’s effects on calcification
Ocean acidification (OA) reduces the amount of calcium carbonate in seawater, placing a wide range of species, including planktonic gastropods, at risk of calcification. Planktonic gastropods are specifically presumed to be the most vulnerable organisms since they inhabit the ocean’s surface and have thin shells of aragonite. However, current research has only focused on short-term exposure to extreme OA conditions. The EU-funded EPIC project aims to study the prosses by which calcification evolves in planktonic gastropods and forecast their evolutionary potential under long-term OA exposure. In this context, EPIC will study the micro- and macro-evolutionary effects of OA, allowing for a better prognosis of global change’s impact on marine calcifiers.
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF
Coordinator
2333 CR Leiden
Netherlands
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