Species-specific mechanisms of benthic foraminifera in response to shell dissolution - Ocean Acidification

Species-specific mechanisms of benthic foraminifera in response to shell dissolution - Ocean Acidification

Highlights Abstract Ammonia confertitesta and Haynesina germanica are two common estuarine benthic foraminifera subject to sediment acidification. Nevertheless, mechanisms involved in their response to acidification are still poorly understood. Since H. germanica is kleptoplastic and photosynthetically active, unlike A. confertitesta, these species were cultured in controlled experiments to determine whether these mechanisms could mitigate acidi…