The survey's three main authors, Manuel Lopes - Lima and Ronaldo Sousa from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR) and Professor Jürgen Geist / Chair of
Aquatic Systems Biology at TUM, describe how crucial mussels are for aquatic ecosystems: they form around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a wate
Aquatic Systems Biology at TUM, describe how crucial mussels are for
aquatic ecosystems: they form around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a wate
aquatic ecosystems: they form
around 90 percent of the biomass in the bed of a water body.
Raised CO2 in
aquatic systems can also lead to physiological stress, difficulty in building calcareous shells etc. (as will happen if atmospheric CO2 continues to build up beyond
around 700ppm - the so called ocean acidification effect).