Seawater carbonate chemistry and behaviours in juvenile yellowtail kingfish ...

Elevated seawater CO2 can cause a range of behavioural impairments in marine fishes. However, most studies to date have been conducted on small benthic species and very little is known about how higher oceanic CO2 levels could affect the behaviour of large pelagic species. Here, we tested the effect...

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Main Authors: Jarrold, Michael, Welch, Megan J, McMahon, Shannon J, McArley, Tristan, Allan, Bridie J M, Watson, Sue-Ann, Parsons, Darren M, Pether, Steve M J, Pope, Stephen, Nicol, Simon, Smith, Neville, Herbert, Neill, Munday, Philip L
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2020
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.911496
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911496
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Summary:Elevated seawater CO2 can cause a range of behavioural impairments in marine fishes. However, most studies to date have been conducted on small benthic species and very little is known about how higher oceanic CO2 levels could affect the behaviour of large pelagic species. Here, we tested the effects of elevated CO2, and where possible the interacting effects of high temperature, on a range of ecologically important behaviours (anxiety, routine activity, behavioural lateralization and visual acuity) in juvenile yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi. Kingfish were reared from the egg stage to 25 days post-hatch in a full factorial design of ambient and elevated CO2 (∼500 and ∼1000 μatm pCO2) and temperature (21 °C and 25 °C). The effects of elevated CO2 were trait-specific with anxiety the only behaviour significantly affected. Juvenile S. lalandi reared at elevated CO2 spent more time in the dark zone during a standard black-white test, which is indicative of increased anxiety. Exposure to high temperature ... : In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2019) 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 2020-01-28. ...