The planktonic stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are tolerant of end-of-century pCO2 concentrations

• Main Authors: Thompson, Cameron RS, Fields, David M, Bjelland, Reidun M, Chan, Vera BS, Durif, Caroline MF, Mount, Andrew, Runge, Jeffrey A, Shema, Steven D, Skiftesvik, Anne Berit, Browman, Howard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3406147; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406147

Filename: WaterConditions Routine measurements of water conditions including nutrient levels, alkalinity, water temperature and carbon chemistry as calculated from pH spectroscopy measurements and CO2SYS. Filename: Respiration data.xlsx Oxygen Consumption rates of salmon lice according to age, stage, and pCO2 treatment. Filename: Lipid data.xlsx Lipid volume of salmon lice measured with fluorescence microscopy. Filename: JC10 data.xlsx Metabolic activity observed by measuring mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Membrane polarization in mitochondria is an indication of active cells. Polarized mitochondria were represented by red JC-10 aggregate (λ exc/λ em = 488/590 nm) while the green JC-10 monomer (λ exc/λ em = 488/525 nm) labeled the presence of mitochondrial membrane. Filename: Fatty Acid.xlsx Fatty acid profiles of salmon lice according to stage and pCO2 treatment. Data is presented as mass (ng) of the identified fatty acid per individual animal. Columns are separated by the identified fatty acid, '?' indicate ambiguity in the location of the double bond. Filename: CHN data.xlsx Carbon and nitrogen content of individual salmon lice eggs, nauplii, and copepodids. ABSTRACT: The copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis is an obligate ectoparasite of salmonids. Salmon lice are major pests in salmon aquaculture and due to its economic impact Lepeophtheirus salmonis is one of the most well studied species of marine parasite. However, there is limited understanding of how increased concentration of pCO2 associated with ocean acidification will impact host-parasite relationships. We investigated the effects of increased pCO2 on growth and metabolic rates in the planktonic stages, rearing L. salmonis from eggs to 12 days post hatch copepodids under three treatment levels: Control (416 µatm), Mid (747 µatm), and High (942 µatm). The pCO2 treatment had a significant effect on oxygen consumption rate with the High treatment animals exhibiting the greatest respiration. The treatments did not have a significant effect on the ...