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Experimental ocean acidification alters the allocation of metabolic energy

T.-C. Francis Pan1, Scott L. Applebaum1, and Donal T. Manahan2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 — www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1416967112   Energy is required to maintain physiological homeostasis in response to environmental change. Although responses to environmental stressors frequently are assumed to involve high metabolic costs, the biochemical bases