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Biomarker studies on Sea urchin ( Salmacis virgulata) with respect to Ocean acidification

Muthusamy Maruthupandy, Muthusamy Anand*, Govindarajalu Jayanthi, Akbar Sait Hameedha

Beevi and Radhakrishnan Jeeva Priya

epartment o! Marine and "oastal Studies, S#hool o! $ner%y, $nvironment and &atural

Resour#es, Madurai 'amaraj (niversity, Pudhumadam ) + -+., /amil &adu, 0ndia1

*"orrespondin% author2 anandm+34yahoo1#om

Abstra#t2

Sea ur#hins are e#olo%i#ally and e#onomi#ally important #al#i!yin% or%anisms threatened

 by a#idi!i#ation o! the %lobal o#ean #aused by anthropo%eni# "5+ emissions1 0n#reasin% "5+ 

atmospheri# levels lead to in#reasin% o#ean a#idi!i#ation, thereby enhan#in% #al#ium #arbonate

dissolution o! #al#i!yin% spe#ies1 /his study investi%ates the e!!e#ts o! a#ute 67 days8 e9posure to

a#idi!ied sea:ater on sea ur#hin 6Salmacis vergulata8, durin% the temperature +7; " and di!!erent

 pH like