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Effects of ocean acidification over successive generations decrease resilience of larval European sea bass to ocean acidification and warming but juveniles could benefit from higher temperatures in the NE Atlantic
Howald, S.; Moyano, M.; Crespel, A.; Kuchenmüller, L.L.; Cominassi, L.; Claireaux, G.; Peck, M.A.; Mark, F.C. (2022). Effects of ocean acidification over successive generations decrease resilience of larval European sea bass to ocean acidification and warming but juveniles could benefit from higher temperatures in the NE Atlantic. J. Exp. Biol. 225(9). https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243802

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In: The Journal of Experimental Biology. Cambridge University Press: London. ISSN 0022-0949; e-ISSN 1477-9145, more
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Keywords
    Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Teleostei [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    Dicentrarchus labrax; Performance; Multi-stressor effects; Metabolic rate; Larval growth; Juvenile growth; Teleost

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  • Howald, S.
  • Moyano, M.
  • Crespel, A.
  • Kuchenmüller, L.L.
  • Cominassi, L.
  • Claireaux, G.
  • Peck, M.A., more
  • Mark, F.C.

Abstract

    European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is a large, economically important fish species with a long generation time whose long-term resilience to ocean acidification (OA) and warming (OW) is not clear. We incubated sea bass from Brittany (France) for two generations (>5 yearsin total) under ambient and predicted OA conditions (P CO2: 650 and 1700 µatm) crossed with ambient and predicted OW conditions in F1 (temperature: 15–18°C and 20–23°C) to investigate the effects of climate change on larval and juvenile growth and metabolic rate. We found that in F1, OA as a single stressor at ambient temperature did not affect larval or juvenile growth and OW increased developmental time and growth rate, but OAW decreased larval size at metamorphosis. Larval routine and juvenile standard metabolic rate were significantly lower in cold compared with warm conditioned fish and also lower in F0 compared with F1 fish. We did not find any effect of OA as a single stressor on metabolic rate. Juvenile PO2,crit was not affected by OA or OAW in both generations. We discuss the potential underlying mechanisms resulting in the resilience of F0 and F1 larvae and juveniles to OA and in the beneficial effects of OW on F1 larval growth and metabolic rate, but contrastingly in the vulnerability of F1, but not F0 larvae to OAW. With regard to the ecological perspective, we conclude that recruitment of larvae and early juveniles to nursery areas might decrease under OAW conditions but individuals reaching juvenile phase might benefit from increased performance at higher temperatures.


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