Mar Environ Res. 2013 Dec;92:264-7. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.10.006.
Respiration and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) production by the farmed Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis were calculated to assess their importance as carbon dioxide (CO2) sink/source in the Sacca di Scardovari (Po Delta River, Italy). The ratio of CO2 released to CaCO3 precipitated was calculated as a function of the near-bottom temperature. From our estimates, M. galloprovincialis sequestered 136.6 mol(CO2) m(-2) year(-1) for shell formation, but the CO2 fluxes due to respiration and calcification resulted 187.8 and 86.8 mol(CO2) m(-2) year(-1) respectively. Mussel farming seems therefore to be a significant additional source of CO2 to seawater. For this reason shell formation in cultivated shellfish cannot be part of carbon trading systems.
养殖的欧洲厚壳贻贝(Mytilus galloprovincialis)的呼吸作用和碳酸钙(CaCO3)产量被计算出来,以评估它们在萨卡迪斯卡多瓦里(意大利波河三角洲)作为二氧化碳(CO2)汇/源的重要性。根据近底温度计算 CO2 释放与 CaCO3 沉淀的比例。根据我们的估计,M. galloprovincialis 用于贝壳形成的碳封存量为 136.6 mol(CO2) m(-2) year(-1),但由于呼吸作用和钙化作用产生的 CO2 通量分别为 187.8 和 86.8 mol(CO2) m(-2) year(-1)。因此,贝类养殖似乎是海水 CO2 的一个重要额外来源。出于这个原因,养殖贝类的贝壳形成不能成为碳交易系统的一部分。