Development and calcification in benthic marine invertebrates (Mollusca and Echinodermata) in an acidified and warm ocean

作为一个岛屿大陆，澳大利亚从海洋中获得了可观的财富，海洋无脊椎动物资源发挥了关键作用。由于气候变化、海洋酸化和变暖的影响，这些资源面临风险，影响了用于贝壳生产的碳酸盐矿物的可用性。如果浮游生物幼虫不能产生它们的骨骼，如果底栖生物阶段由于骨骼形成受损而不能生长，那么主要的问题是潜在的招募失败。该项目解决了在生态和商业上具有重要意义的海洋生物对气候变化的响应知识方面的不确定性，这些知识对于评估未来海洋资源变化的风险至关重要。

As an island continent Australia generates considerable wealth from its oceans with marine invertebrate resources playing a key role. These resources are at risk due to the impact of climate change, ocean acidification and warming, on availability of carbonate minerals for shell production. Of major concern is potential recruitment failure if planktonic larvae cannot produce their skeleton and if benthic stages cannot grow due to impaired skeleton formation. This project addresses uncertainties in knowledge of the response of ecologically and commercially important marine biota to climate change, knowledge crucial to inform risk assessment of future changes to our marine resources.