Contrasting physiological responses to future ocean acidification among Arctic copepod populations

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Thor, Peter, Bailey, Allison Michelle, Dupont, Sam, Calosi, Piero, Søreide, Janne, De Wit, Pierre, Guscelli, Ella, Loubet-Sartrou, Lea, Deichmann, Ida M., Candee, Martin M., Svensen, Camilla, King, Andrew Luke, Bellerby, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Arctic; ingestion rate; metabolic rate; ocean acidification; pCO2; pH; reaction norm; zooplankton; Greenland; Kongsfjord; Svalbard; Arctic copepod; Calanus glacialis; Disko Bay; Kongsfjord*; Ocean acidification; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13938; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13870

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Thor, P., Bailey, A., Dupont, S., Calosi, P., Søreide, J.E., De Wit, P., . Bellerby, R. (2017). Contrasting physiological responses to future ocean acidification among Arctic copepod populations. Global Change Biology , 24(1), e365-e377. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13870, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13870 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Widespread ocean acidification (OA) is modifying the chemistry of the global ocean, and the Arctic is recognized as the region where the changes will progress at the fastest rate. Moreover, Arctic species show lower capacity for cellular homeostasis and acid‐base regulation rendering them particularly vulnerable to OA. In the present study, we found physiological differences in OA response across geographically separated populations of the keystone Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis . In copepodites stage CIV, measured reaction norms of ingestion rate and metabolic rate showed severe reductions in ingestion and increased metabolic expenses in two populations from Svalbard (Kongsfjord and Billefjord) whereas no effects were observed in a population from the Disko Bay, West Greenland. At pH T 7.87, which has been predicted for the Svalbard west coast by year 2100, these changes resulted in reductions in scope for growth of 19% in the Kongsfjord and a staggering 50% in the Billefjord. Interestingly, these effects were not observed in stage CV copepodites from any of the three locations. It seems that CVs may be more tolerant to OA perhaps due to a general physiological reorganization to meet low intracellular pH during hibernation. Needless to say, the observed changes in the CIV stage will have serious implications for the C. glacialis population health status and growth around Svalbard. However, OA tolerant populations such as the one in the Disko Bay could help to alleviate severe effects in C. glacialis as a species.