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A study was conducted on the west coast of the United States to see ocean acidification’s effects on pteropods.[1] Limacina helicina was used to test the sensitivity of increasing pH. [1]The shell of a pteropod was immersed in ocean water with the projected pH level that the water will reach by the year 2100.[2] After a month and a half in the water, the shell had almost completely dissolved.[2] 

  1. ^ a b Bednaršek, N.; Feely, R. A.; Reum, J. C. P.; Peterson, B.; Menkel, J.; Alin, S. R.; Hales, B. (2014-06-22). "Limacina helicina shell dissolution as an indicator of declining habitat suitability owing to ocean acidification in the California Current Ecosystem". Proc. R. Soc. B. 281 (1785): 20140123. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0123. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4024287. PMID 24789895.
  2. ^ a b Bednaršek, N.; Feely, R. A.; Reum, J. C. P.; Peterson, B.; Menkel, J.; Alin, S. R.; Hales, B. (2014-06-22). "Limacina helicina shell dissolution as an indicator of declining habitat suitability owing to ocean acidification in the California Current Ecosystem". Proc. R. Soc. B. 281 (1785): 20140123. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0123. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4024287. PMID 24789895.