CO2-driven decrease in pH disrupts olfactory behaviour and increases individual variation in deep-sea hermit crabs

Deep-sea species are generally thought to be less tolerant of environmental variation than shallow-living species due to the relatively stable conditions in deep waters for most parameters (e.g. temperature, salinity, oxygen, and pH). To explore the potential for deep-sea hermit crabs (Pagurus tanne...

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Main Authors: Kim, Tae Won, Taylor, Josi, Lovera, Chris, Barry, J P
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2016
Subjects:
Alkalinity
total
standard deviation
Animalia
Aragonite saturation state
Arthropoda
Behaviour
Benthic animals
Benthos
Bicarbonate ion
Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L)
Calcite saturation state
Calculated using CO2SYS
Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
Carbon
inorganic
dissolved
Carbonate ion
Carbonate system computation flag
Carbon dioxide
Coulometric titration
Date
Deep-sea
EXP
Experiment
Figure
Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)
Identification
Laboratory experiment
Monterey_Bay
North Pacific
OA-ICC
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre
Pagurus tanneri
Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
Pacific
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846485
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846485
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Summary:Deep-sea species are generally thought to be less tolerant of environmental variation than shallow-living species due to the relatively stable conditions in deep waters for most parameters (e.g. temperature, salinity, oxygen, and pH). To explore the potential for deep-sea hermit crabs (Pagurus tanneri) to acclimate to future ocean acidification, we compared their olfactory and metabolic performance under ambient (pH 7.6) and expected future (pH 7.1) conditions. After exposure to reduced pH waters, metabolic rates of hermit crabs increased transiently and olfactory behaviour was impaired, including antennular flicking and prey detection. Crabs exposed to low pH treatments exhibited higher individual variation for both the speed of antennular flicking and speed of prey detection, than observed in the control pH treatment, suggesting that phenotypic diversity could promote adaptation to future ocean acidification.

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