Seahorses under a changing ocean: the impact of warming and acidification on the behaviour and physiology of a poor-swimming bony-armoured fish

• Published in: Conservation Physiology
• Main Authors: Faleiro, Filipa, Baptista, Miguel, Santos, Catarina, Aurélio, Maria L., Pimentel, Marta, Pegado, Maria Rita, Paula, José Ricardo, Calado, Ricardo, Repolho, Tiago, Rosa, Rui
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2015
• Subjects: Acidification; behaviour; Hippocampus guttulatus; metabolism; ocean warming; seahorse; Seahorse; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16907; https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cov009

Seahorses are currently facing great challenges in the wild, including habitat degradation and overexploitation, and how they will endure additional stress from rapid climate change has yet to be determined. Unlike most fishes, the poor swimming skills of seahorses, along with the ecological and bio...