Parental environment mediates impacts of increased carbon dioxide on a coral reef fish
Carbon dioxide concentrations in the surface ocean are increasing owing to rising CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere. Higher CO₂ levels are predicted to affect essential physiological processes of many aquatic organisms, leading to widespread impacts on marine diversity and ecosystem function, esp...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:24584 2024-02-11T10:07:31+01:00 Parental environment mediates impacts of increased carbon dioxide on a coral reef fish Miller, Gabrielle M. Watson, Sue-Ann Donelson, Jennifer M. McCormick, Mark I. Munday, Philip L. 2012 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24584/1/Parental_environment_mediates_impacts_of.pdf unknown Nature Publishing Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1599 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24584/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24584/1/Parental_environment_mediates_impacts_of.pdf Miller, Gabrielle M., Watson, Sue-Ann, Donelson, Jennifer M., McCormick, Mark I., and Munday, Philip L. (2012) Parental environment mediates impacts of increased carbon dioxide on a coral reef fish. Nature Climate Change, 2. pp. 858-861. restricted Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftjamescook https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1599 2024-01-22T23:29:51Z Carbon dioxide concentrations in the surface ocean are increasing owing to rising CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere. Higher CO₂ levels are predicted to affect essential physiological processes of many aquatic organisms, leading to widespread impacts on marine diversity and ecosystem function, especially when combined with the effects of global warming. Yet the ability for marine species to adjust to increasing CO₂ levels over many generations is an unresolved issue. Here we show that ocean conditions projected for the end of the century (approximately 1,000 μatm CO₂ and a temperature rise of 1.5–3.0 °C) cause an increase in metabolic rate and decreases in length, weight, condition and survival of juvenile fish. However, these effects are absent or reversed when parents also experience high CO₂ concentrations. Our results show that non-genetic parental effects can dramatically alter the response of marine organisms to increasing CO₂ and demonstrate that some species have more capacity to acclimate to ocean acidification than previously thought. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU Nature Climate Change 2 12 858 861 |
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Carbon dioxide concentrations in the surface ocean are increasing owing to rising CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere. Higher CO₂ levels are predicted to affect essential physiological processes of many aquatic organisms, leading to widespread impacts on marine diversity and ecosystem function, especially when combined with the effects of global warming. Yet the ability for marine species to adjust to increasing CO₂ levels over many generations is an unresolved issue. Here we show that ocean conditions projected for the end of the century (approximately 1,000 μatm CO₂ and a temperature rise of 1.5–3.0 °C) cause an increase in metabolic rate and decreases in length, weight, condition and survival of juvenile fish. However, these effects are absent or reversed when parents also experience high CO₂ concentrations. Our results show that non-genetic parental effects can dramatically alter the response of marine organisms to increasing CO₂ and demonstrate that some species have more capacity to acclimate to ocean acidification than previously thought. |
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Parental environment mediates impacts of increased carbon dioxide on a coral reef fish |
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