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Acid attack: Can mussels hang on for much longer?
2016-07-06 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists from The University of Washington have found evidence that ocean acidification caused by carbon emissions can prevent mussels attaching themselves to rocks and other substrates, making them easy targets for predators and threatening the mussel farming industry. "A strong attachment is literally a mussel's lifeline" says Professor Emily Carrington, one of the lead researchers. Mussels attach themselves to hard surfaces so that they can filter plankton from seawater for food. They generally...
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