Climate change research: Can Sydney rock oysters adapt to chronic multigenerational exposure to ocean acidification and temperature?

我们的目标是了解长期暴露于气候变化将如何影响牡蛎，以努力使澳大利亚牡蛎产业不受气候影响。牡蛎养殖业每年的零售额超过10亿美元，雇佣了数千名澳大利亚人。该行业的未来受到气候变化的威胁，特别是其对牡蛎繁殖和发育的影响。我们的研究将确定牡蛎如何应对长期多代暴露于海洋酸化和温度，并确定与气候变化适应相关的生理机制和基因。这项工作将保持澳大利亚在海洋生态系统气候变化研究方面的领先地位。

Our goal is to understand how long term exposure to climate change will affect oysters in an effort to climate-proof the Australian oyster industry. Oyster farming is worth more than $1 billion a year in retail sales and employs thousands of Australians. The future of this industry is threatened by climate change, particularly its impact on the reproduction and development of oysters. Our study will identify how oysters respond to chronic multigenerational exposure to ocean acidification and temperature, & identify physiological mechanisms and genes associated with climate change adaptation. This work will maintain Australia's position at the forefront of climate change research on marine ecosystems.