The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species
Understanding how climate change and other environmental stressors will affect species is a fundamental concern of modern ecology. Indeed, numerous studies have documented how climate stressors affect species distributions and population persistence. However, relatively few studies have investigated...
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fteastcaroluni:oai:TheScholarship.intra.ecu.edu:10342/6093 2023-05-15T17:50:28+02:00 The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species Speights, Cori J. Silliman, Brian R. McCoy, Michael W. 2017-04 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6093 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2969 en_US eng http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/ece3.2969/full Speights CJ, Silliman BR, McCoy MW. The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species. Ecol Evol. 2017;00:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2969 http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6093 doi:10.1002/ece3.2969 Acidification Climate change Multiple stressors Oyster Warming Article 2017 fteastcaroluni https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2969 2022-07-11T11:39:27Z Understanding how climate change and other environmental stressors will affect species is a fundamental concern of modern ecology. Indeed, numerous studies have documented how climate stressors affect species distributions and population persistence. However, relatively few studies have investigated how multiple climate stressors might affect species. In this study, we investigate the impacts of how two climate change factors affect an important foundation species. Specifically, we tested how ocean acidification from dissolution of CO2 and increased sea surface temperatures affect multiple characteristics of juvenile eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). We found strong impacts of each stressor, but no interaction between the two. Simulated warming to mimic heat stressed summers reduced oyster growth, survival, and filtration rates. Additionally, we found that CO2-induced acidification reduced strength of oyster shells, which could potentially facilitate crab predation. As past studies have detected few impacts of these stressors on adult oysters, these results indicate that early life stages of calcareous marine organisms may be more susceptible to effects of ocean acidification and global warming. Overall, these data show that predicted changes in temperature and CO2 can differentially influence direct effects on individual species, which could have important implications for the nature of their trophic interactions. ECU Open Access Publishing Fund Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification East Carolina University: The ScholarShip at ECU Ecology and Evolution 7 11 3808 3814 |
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Understanding how climate change and other environmental stressors will affect species is a fundamental concern of modern ecology. Indeed, numerous studies have documented how climate stressors affect species distributions and population persistence. However, relatively few studies have investigated how multiple climate stressors might affect species. In this study, we investigate the impacts of how two climate change factors affect an important foundation species. Specifically, we tested how ocean acidification from dissolution of CO2 and increased sea surface temperatures affect multiple characteristics of juvenile eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). We found strong impacts of each stressor, but no interaction between the two. Simulated warming to mimic heat stressed summers reduced oyster growth, survival, and filtration rates. Additionally, we found that CO2-induced acidification reduced strength of oyster shells, which could potentially facilitate crab predation. As past studies have detected few impacts of these stressors on adult oysters, these results indicate that early life stages of calcareous marine organisms may be more susceptible to effects of ocean acidification and global warming. Overall, these data show that predicted changes in temperature and CO2 can differentially influence direct effects on individual species, which could have important implications for the nature of their trophic interactions. ECU Open Access Publishing Fund |
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The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species |
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The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species |
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The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/ece3.2969/full Speights CJ, Silliman BR, McCoy MW. The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved �CO2 on a marine foundation species. Ecol Evol. 2017;00:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2969 http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6093 doi:10.1002/ece3.2969 |
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