Selective mortality associated with variation in CO2 tolerance in a marine fish

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Main Authors: Munday, Philip L, McCormick, Mark I, Meekan, Mark, Dixson, Danielle L, Watson, Sue-Ann, Chivers, Douglas P, Ferrari, Maud C O
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Published: PANGAEA 2012
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author Munday, Philip L
McCormick, Mark I
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Watson, Sue-Ann
Chivers, Douglas P
Ferrari, Maud C O
author_facet Munday, Philip L
McCormick, Mark I
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Watson, Sue-Ann
Chivers, Douglas P
Ferrari, Maud C O
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Predicted future CO2 levels can affect reproduction, growth, and behaviour of many marine organisms. However, the capacity of species to adapt to predicted changes in ocean chemistry is largely unknown. We used a unique field-based experiment to test for differential survival associated with variation in CO2 tolerance in a wild population of coral-reef fishes. Juvenile damselfish exhibited variation in their response to elevated (700 µatm) CO2 when tested in the laboratory and this influenced their behaviour and risk of mortality in the wild. Individuals that were sensitive to elevated CO2 were more active and move further from shelter in natural coral reef habitat and, as a result, mortality from predation was significantly higher compared with individuals from the same treatment that were tolerant of elevated CO2. If individual variation in CO2 tolerance is heritable, this selection of phenotypes tolerant to elevated CO2 could potentially help mitigate the effects of ocean acidification.
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spellingShingle Selective mortality associated with variation in CO2 tolerance in a marine fish
Munday, Philip L
McCormick, Mark I
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Watson, Sue-Ann
Chivers, Douglas P
Ferrari, Maud C O
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Behaviour; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Distance; Distance, standard error; Distance from shelter; Distance from shelter, standard error; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Laboratory experiment; Lizard_Island; Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef; Mortality/Survival; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH, NBS scale; pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Pomacentrus wardi; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Survival; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Time in hours; Tropical
Predicted future CO2 levels can affect reproduction, growth, and behaviour of many marine organisms. However, the capacity of species to adapt to predicted changes in ocean chemistry is largely unknown. We used a unique field-based experiment to test for differential survival associated with variation in CO2 tolerance in a wild population of coral-reef fishes. Juvenile damselfish exhibited variation in their response to elevated (700 µatm) CO2 when tested in the laboratory and this influenced their behaviour and risk of mortality in the wild. Individuals that were sensitive to elevated CO2 were more active and move further from shelter in natural coral reef habitat and, as a result, mortality from predation was significantly higher compared with individuals from the same treatment that were tolerant of elevated CO2. If individual variation in CO2 tolerance is heritable, this selection of phenotypes tolerant to elevated CO2 could potentially help mitigate the effects of ocean acidification.
title Selective mortality associated with variation in CO2 tolerance in a marine fish
topic Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Behaviour; Bicarbonate ion; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Distance; Distance, standard error; Distance from shelter; Distance from shelter, standard error; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Laboratory experiment; Lizard_Island; Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef; Mortality/Survival; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH, NBS scale; pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Pomacentrus wardi; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Survival; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Time in hours; Tropical
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833429