Seawater carbonate chemistry and larval length, respiration and survival of sea urchin Loxechinus albus across

Phenotypic plasticity is expected to play a major adaptive role in the response of species to ocean acidification (OA), by providing broader tolerances to changes in pCO2 conditions. However, tolerances and sensitivities to future OA may differ among populations within a species because of their par...

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Main Authors: Gaitán-Espitia, Juan Diego, Villanueva, Paola A, Lopez, Jorge, Torres, Rodrigo, Navarro, Jorge M, Bacigalupe, Leonardo D
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2017
Subjects:
Alkalinity
total
standard error
Animalia
Aragonite saturation state
Bicarbonate ion
Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L)
Calcite saturation state
Calculated using CO2calc
Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)
Carbon
inorganic
dissolved
Carbonate ion
Carbonate system computation flag
Carbon dioxide
Coast and continental shelf
Development
Echinodermata
Experiment duration
Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)
Growth/Morphology
Identification
Laboratory experiment
Larvae lam
length
Location
Loxechinus albus
Mortality/Survival
OA-ICC
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre
Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air)
Pelagos
Percentage
pH
Potentiometric
Potentiometric titration
Registration number of species
Respiration
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.875890
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875890
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Summary:Phenotypic plasticity is expected to play a major adaptive role in the response of species to ocean acidification (OA), by providing broader tolerances to changes in pCO2 conditions. However, tolerances and sensitivities to future OA may differ among populations within a species because of their particular environmental context and genetic backgrounds. Here, using the climatic variability hypothesis (CVH), we explored this conceptual framework in populations of the sea urchin Loxechinus albus across natural fluctuating pCO2/pH environments. Although elevated pCO2 affected the morphology, physiology, development and survival of sea urchin larvae, the magnitude of these effects differed among populations. These differences were consistent with the predictions of the CVH showing greater tolerance to OA in populations experiencing greater local variation in seawater pCO2/pH. Considering geographical differences in plasticity, tolerances and sensitivities to increased pCO2 will provide more accurate predictions for species responses to future OA.

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