Effects of ocean acidification on visual risk assessment in coral reef fishes

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Hauptverfasser: Ferrari, Maud C O, McCormick, Mark I, Munday, Philip L, Meekan, Mark, Dixson, Danielle L, Lonnstedt, Öona, Chivers, Douglas P
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author Ferrari, Maud C O
McCormick, Mark I
Munday, Philip L
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Lonnstedt, Öona
Chivers, Douglas P
author_facet Ferrari, Maud C O
McCormick, Mark I
Munday, Philip L
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Lonnstedt, Öona
Chivers, Douglas P
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents 1. With the global increase in CO2 emissions, there is a pressing need for studies aimed at understanding the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems. Several studies have reported that exposure to CO2 impairs chemosensory responses of juvenile coral reef fishes to predators. Moreover, one recent study pointed to impaired responses of reef fish to auditory cues that indicate risky locations. These studies suggest that altered behaviour following exposure to elevated CO2 is caused by a systemic effect at the neural level. 2. The goal of our experiment was to test whether juvenile damselfish Pomacentrus amboinensis exposed to different levels of CO2 would respond differently to a potential threat, the sight of a large novel coral reef fish, a spiny chromis, Acanthochromis polyancanthus, placed in a watertight bag. 3. Juvenile damselfish exposed to 440 (current day control), 550 or 700 µatm CO2 did not differ in their response to the chromis. However, fish exposed to 850 µatm showed reduced antipredator responses; they failed to show the same reduction in foraging, activity and area use in response to the chromis. Moreover, they moved closer to the chromis and lacked any bobbing behaviour typically displayed by juvenile damselfishes in threatening situations. 4. Our results are the first to suggest that response to visual cues of risk may be impaired by CO2 and provide strong evidence that the multi-sensory effects of CO2 may stem from systematic effects at the neural level.
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spellingShingle Effects of ocean acidification on visual risk assessment in coral reef fishes
Ferrari, Maud C O
McCormick, Mark I
Munday, Philip L
Meekan, Mark
Dixson, Danielle L
Lonnstedt, Öona
Chivers, Douglas P
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; 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; Change; Change, standard error; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Distance; Distance, standard error; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Laboratory experiment; Lizard_Island_OA; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error; Pelagos; pH, NBS scale; pH, standard error; pH, total scale; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard error; Treatment; Tropical
1. With the global increase in CO2 emissions, there is a pressing need for studies aimed at understanding the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems. Several studies have reported that exposure to CO2 impairs chemosensory responses of juvenile coral reef fishes to predators. Moreover, one recent study pointed to impaired responses of reef fish to auditory cues that indicate risky locations. These studies suggest that altered behaviour following exposure to elevated CO2 is caused by a systemic effect at the neural level. 2. The goal of our experiment was to test whether juvenile damselfish Pomacentrus amboinensis exposed to different levels of CO2 would respond differently to a potential threat, the sight of a large novel coral reef fish, a spiny chromis, Acanthochromis polyancanthus, placed in a watertight bag. 3. Juvenile damselfish exposed to 440 (current day control), 550 or 700 µatm CO2 did not differ in their response to the chromis. However, fish exposed to 850 µatm showed reduced antipredator responses; they failed to show the same reduction in foraging, activity and area use in response to the chromis. Moreover, they moved closer to the chromis and lacked any bobbing behaviour typically displayed by juvenile damselfishes in threatening situations. 4. Our results are the first to suggest that response to visual cues of risk may be impaired by CO2 and provide strong evidence that the multi-sensory effects of CO2 may stem from systematic effects at the neural level.
title Effects of ocean acidification on visual risk assessment in coral reef fishes
topic Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; 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; Change; Change, standard error; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Distance; Distance, standard error; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Laboratory experiment; Lizard_Island_OA; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error; Pelagos; pH, NBS scale; pH, standard error; pH, total scale; Pomacentrus amboinensis; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard error; Treatment; Tropical
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848123