Sentences with phrase «pteropod species»

But Fabry found that in water as corrosive as their aquatic habitat may be in 2100, the shell of at least one pteropod species turns opaque and begins to dissolve.

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Some climate models suggest that, at current CO2 emissions levels, 80 percent of Arctic waters could prove corrosive to clams, pteropods and other species at the base of the polar food chain by 2060, the new statement said.

Delicate shell, sensible core: Pteropods are among the most vulnerable plankton species.

Pteropods, or «sea butterflies,» are eaten by a variety of marine species ranging from tiny krill to salmon to whales.