Is ocean acidification really a threat to marine calcifiers? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 980+ studies spanning two decades

JYS Leung, S Zhang, SD Connell - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification is considered detrimental to marine calcifiers, but mounting contradictory
evidence suggests a need to revisit this concept. This systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Limitations of cross‐and multigenerational plasticity for marine invertebrates faced with global climate change

M Byrne, SA Foo, PM Ross… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although cross generation (CGP) and multigenerational (MGP) plasticity have been
identified as mechanisms of acclimation to global change, the weight of evidence indicates …

Ocean acidification promotes broad transcriptomic responses in marine metazoans: a literature survey

ME Strader, JM Wong, GE Hofmann - Frontiers in Zoology, 2020 - Springer
For nearly a decade, the metazoan-focused research community has explored the impacts
of ocean acidification (OA) on marine animals, noting that changes in ocean chemistry can …

How sea urchins face microplastics: uptake, tissue distribution and immune system response

C Murano, C Agnisola, D Caramiello, I Castellano… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution represents one of the major threats to the marine environment. A wide
range of marine organisms has been shown to ingest microplastics due to their small …

Eco-interactions of engineered nanomaterials in the marine environment: Towards an eco-design framework

I Corsi, A Bellingeri, MC Eliso, G Grassi, G Liberatori… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine nano-ecotoxicology has emerged with the purpose to assess the environmental risks
associated with engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) among contaminants of emerging …

The impact of environmental acidification on the microstructure and mechanical integrity of marine invertebrate skeletons

M Byrne, S Fitzer - Conservation Physiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ocean acidification (OA), from seawater uptake of anthropogenic CO2, has a suite of
negative effects on the ability of marine invertebrates to produce and maintain their …

Response to microplastic exposure: An exploration into the sea urchin immune cell proteome

C Murano, S Nonnis, FG Scalvini, E Maffioli, I Corsi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is now known that the Mediterranean Sea currently is one of the major hotspot for
microplastics (MPs;< 5 mm) pollution and that the risks will be even more pronounced in the …

Acute environmental temperature variation affects brain protein expression, anxiety and explorative behaviour in adult zebrafish

S Nonnis, E Angiulli, E Maffioli, F Frabetti, A Negri… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study investigated the effect of 4-d acute thermal treatments at 18° C, 26° C (control)
and 34° C on the nervous system of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) using a multidisciplinary …

Sea urchins in a high CO2 world: impacts of climate warming and ocean acidification across life history stages

M Byrne, JC Hernández - Developments in aquaculture and fisheries …, 2020 - Elsevier
Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) is changing seawater chemistry (ocean
acidification) causing a reduction in seawater pH and saturation state (Ω) of the CaCO 3 …

Detection of microplastics and phthalic acid esters in sea urchins from Sardinia (Western Mediterranean Sea)

C Raguso, D Grech, A Becchi, PG Ubaldi… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of microplastics (MPs) and phthalic acid esters (PAEs) in wild purple sea
urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) of Sardinia (Italy, Western Mediterranean Sea) was surveyed …