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As ocean acidification (OA) is gradually increasing, concerns regarding its ecological impacts on marine organisms are growing. Our previous studies have shown that seawater acidification exerted adverse effects on physiological processes of the blue mussel  Mytilus edulis , and the aim of the present study was to obtain energy-related evidence to verify and explain our previous findings. Thus, the same acidification system (pH: 7.7 or 7.1; acidification method: HCl addition or CO 2  enrichment; experimental period: 21d) was set up, and the energy-related changes were assessed. The results showed that the energy charge (EC) and the gene expressions of cytochrome C oxidase (COX) reflecting the ATP synthesis rate increased significantly after acidification treatments. What’s more, the mussels exposed to acidification allocated more energy to gills and hemocytes. However, the total adenylate pool (TAP) and the final adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in  M. edulis  decreased significantly, especially in CO 2  treatment group at pH 7.1. It was interesting to note that, TAP, ATP, and COXs gene expressions in CO 2  treatment groups were all significantly lower than that in HCl treatment groups at the same pH, verifying that CO 2 -induced acidification exhibited more deleterious impacts on  M. edulis , and ions besides H +  produced by CO 2  dissolution were possible causes. In conclusion, energy-related changes in  M. edulis  responded actively to seawater acidification and varied with different acidification conditions, while the constraints they had at higher acidification levels suggest that  M. edulis  will have a limited tolerance to increasing OA in the future.

An Explanation Based on Energy-Related Changes for Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis Coping With Seawater Acidification