Can multi-generational exposure to ocean warming and acidification lead to the adaptation of life-history and physiology in a marine metazoan?

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Main Authors: Gibbin, Emma M, Chakravarti, Leela Jackie, Jarrold, Michael, Christen, Felix, Turpin, Vincent, Massamba-N'siala, Gloria, Blier, Pierre U, Calosi, Piero
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author Gibbin, Emma M
Chakravarti, Leela Jackie
Jarrold, Michael
Christen, Felix
Turpin, Vincent
Massamba-N'siala, Gloria
Blier, Pierre U
Calosi, Piero
author_facet Gibbin, Emma M
Chakravarti, Leela Jackie
Jarrold, Michael
Christen, Felix
Turpin, Vincent
Massamba-N'siala, Gloria
Blier, Pierre U
Calosi, Piero
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Ocean warming and acidification are concomitant global drivers that are currently threatening the survival of marine organisms. How species will respond to these changes depends on their capacity for plastic and adaptive responses. Little is known about the mechanisms that govern plasticity and adaptability or how global changes will influence these relationships across multiple generations. Here, we exposed the emerging model marine polychaete Ophryotrocha labronica to conditions simulating ocean warming and acidification, in isolation and in combination over five generations to identify: (i) how multiple versus single global change drivers alter both juvenile and adult life-traits; (ii) the mechanistic link between adult physiological and fitness-related life-history traits; (iii) whether observed phenotypic changes observed over multiple generations are of plastic and/or adaptive origin. Two juvenile (developmental rate; survival to sexual maturity) and two adult (average reproductive body size; fecundity) life-history traits were measured in each generation, in addition to three physiological (cellular reactive oxygen species content, mitochondrial density; mitochondrial capacity) traits. We found that multi-generational exposure to warming alone caused an increase in: juvenile developmental rate, reactive oxygen species production and mitochondrial density and decreases in: average reproductive body size, fecundity and fluctuations in mitochondrial capacity, relative to control conditions. While exposure to ocean acidification alone, had only minor effects on juvenile developmental rate. Remarkably, when both drivers of global change were present, only mitochondrial capacity was significantly affected, suggesting that ocean warming and acidification act as opposing vectors of stress across multiple generations.
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spellingShingle Can multi-generational exposure to ocean warming and acidification lead to the adaptation of life-history and physiology in a marine metazoan?
Gibbin, Emma M
Chakravarti, Leela Jackie
Jarrold, Michael
Christen, Felix
Turpin, Vincent
Massamba-N'siala, Gloria
Blier, Pierre U
Calosi, Piero
Alkalinity, total; Animalia; Annelida; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chaetigers; Citrate synthase activity, unit per protein mass; Citrate synthase activity/Electron transport system activity ratio; Coast and continental shelf; Date; Development; Eggs; Electron transport system activity, per protein mass; Experiment; Fecundity; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Generation; Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Identification; Other metabolic rates; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Percentage; pH, NBS scale; pH, total scale; Reactive oxygen species production; Registration number of species; Replicate; Reproduction; Salinity; Single species; Species; Temperate; Temperature; Temperature, water; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
Ocean warming and acidification are concomitant global drivers that are currently threatening the survival of marine organisms. How species will respond to these changes depends on their capacity for plastic and adaptive responses. Little is known about the mechanisms that govern plasticity and adaptability or how global changes will influence these relationships across multiple generations. Here, we exposed the emerging model marine polychaete Ophryotrocha labronica to conditions simulating ocean warming and acidification, in isolation and in combination over five generations to identify: (i) how multiple versus single global change drivers alter both juvenile and adult life-traits; (ii) the mechanistic link between adult physiological and fitness-related life-history traits; (iii) whether observed phenotypic changes observed over multiple generations are of plastic and/or adaptive origin. Two juvenile (developmental rate; survival to sexual maturity) and two adult (average reproductive body size; fecundity) life-history traits were measured in each generation, in addition to three physiological (cellular reactive oxygen species content, mitochondrial density; mitochondrial capacity) traits. We found that multi-generational exposure to warming alone caused an increase in: juvenile developmental rate, reactive oxygen species production and mitochondrial density and decreases in: average reproductive body size, fecundity and fluctuations in mitochondrial capacity, relative to control conditions. While exposure to ocean acidification alone, had only minor effects on juvenile developmental rate. Remarkably, when both drivers of global change were present, only mitochondrial capacity was significantly affected, suggesting that ocean warming and acidification act as opposing vectors of stress across multiple generations.
title Can multi-generational exposure to ocean warming and acidification lead to the adaptation of life-history and physiology in a marine metazoan?
topic Alkalinity, total; Animalia; Annelida; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chaetigers; Citrate synthase activity, unit per protein mass; Citrate synthase activity/Electron transport system activity ratio; Coast and continental shelf; Date; Development; Eggs; Electron transport system activity, per protein mass; Experiment; Fecundity; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Generation; Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Identification; Other metabolic rates; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Percentage; pH, NBS scale; pH, total scale; Reactive oxygen species production; Registration number of species; Replicate; Reproduction; Salinity; Single species; Species; Temperate; Temperature; Temperature, water; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868909