Marine research

Cephalopods and the Green House Effect

Marine research

These data were acquired using a BioSpec® 47/40.

 A (top right) An increase in atmospheric CO2 will affect the ocean seas and, therefore, marine life: the proposed decrease of pH and increased hypoxic conditions is studied on the brain of Sepia officinalis in a tank.
Blood flow in brain vessels (B, arrows; top left) decreased.
Pictures below are T1W and T2W anatomical reference scans.
 
C (bottom) is a stack plot of 31P spectra: after a hypercapnic insult Pi increases and PLA decreases, with a slight recovery after 90 min. Experiment was done with specially built RF coils capable of dealing with high seawater loads.
 

Cephalopods and the Green House Effect
Cephalopods and the Green House Effect

Copyright and courtesy of C. Bock, H. Pörtner et al. Alfred -Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Germany