Stress physiology and weapon integrity of intertidal mantis shrimp under future ocean conditions, supplement to: deVries, Maya S; Webb, Summer J; Tu, Jenny; Cory, Esther; Morgan, Victoria; Sah, Robert L; Deheyn, Dimitri D; Taylor, Jennifer R A (2016): Stress physiology and weapon integrity of intertidal mantis shrimp under future ocean conditions. Scientific Reports, 6(1)

Calcified marine organisms typically experience increased oxidative stress and changes in mineralization in response to ocean acidification and warming conditions. These effects could hinder the potency of animal weapons, such as the mantis shrimp's raptorial appendage. The mechanical propertie...

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Main Authors: deVries, Maya S, Webb, Summer J, Tu, Jenny, Cory, Esther, Morgan, Victoria, Sah, Robert L, Deheyn, Dimitri D, Taylor, Jennifer R A
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2016
Subjects:
Sex
pH
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.875041
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.875041
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Summary:Calcified marine organisms typically experience increased oxidative stress and changes in mineralization in response to ocean acidification and warming conditions. These effects could hinder the potency of animal weapons, such as the mantis shrimp's raptorial appendage. The mechanical properties of this calcified weapon enable extremely powerful punches to be delivered to prey and aggressors. We examined oxidative stress and exoskeleton structure, mineral content, and mechanical properties of the raptorial appendage and the carapace under long-term ocean acidification and warming conditions. The predatory appendage had significantly higher % Mg under ocean acidification conditions, while oxidative stress levels as well as the % Ca and mechanical properties of the appendage remained unchanged. Thus, mantis shrimp tolerate expanded ranges of pH and temperature without experiencing oxidative stress or functional changes to their weapons. Our findings suggest that these powerful predators will not be hindered under future ocean conditions. : In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2016) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation by seacarb is 2017-04-26.