Behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion of fish larvae altered under ocean acidification

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Main Authors: Lopes, A F, Morais, P, Pimentel, Marta, Rosa, Rui, Munday, Philip L, Gonçalves, Emanuel J, Faria, Ana M
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author Lopes, A F
Morais, P
Pimentel, Marta
Rosa, Rui
Munday, Philip L
Gonçalves, Emanuel J
Faria, Ana M
author_facet Lopes, A F
Morais, P
Pimentel, Marta
Rosa, Rui
Munday, Philip L
Gonçalves, Emanuel J
Faria, Ana M
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Recent studies have shown that the behaviour and development of coral reef fish larvae is hampered by projected future CO2 levels. However, it is uncertain to what extent this effect also occurs in temperate species. The effects that elevated pCO2 (2000 µatm) levels, which are expected to occur in coastal upwelling regions in the future, have on shoaling behaviour and lateralization (turning preference) of fish, were tested in temperate sand smelt Atherina presbyter larvae. The hypothesis that behavioural changes are caused by interference of high CO2 with GABA-A receptor function was tested by treating larvae with a receptor antagonist (gabazine). Routine swimming speed did not differ between control and high pCO2, but exposure to high pCO2 for 7 days affected group cohesion, which presented a more random distribution when compared to control fish. However, this random distribution was reversed after 21 days of exposure to high CO2 conditions. Lateralization at the individual level decreased in fish exposed to high pCO2 for 7 and 21 days, but gabazine reversed this decline. This adds to the growing body of evidence that the effects of a more acidified environment on fish larvae behaviour are likely due to altered function of GABA-A receptors. Overall, our results suggest that future pCO2 levels likely to occur in temperate coastal ecosystems could have an adverse effect on temperate larval fish behaviour.
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spellingShingle Behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion of fish larvae altered under ocean acidification
Lopes, A F
Morais, P
Pimentel, Marta
Rosa, Rui
Munday, Philip L
Gonçalves, Emanuel J
Faria, Ana M
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arrabida_OA; Atherina presbyter; 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; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Index; Laboratory experiment; Lateralization; Nekton; North Atlantic; 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; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Registration number of species; Salinity; Salinity, standard deviation; Single species; Species; Speed, swimming; Temperate; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
Recent studies have shown that the behaviour and development of coral reef fish larvae is hampered by projected future CO2 levels. However, it is uncertain to what extent this effect also occurs in temperate species. The effects that elevated pCO2 (2000 µatm) levels, which are expected to occur in coastal upwelling regions in the future, have on shoaling behaviour and lateralization (turning preference) of fish, were tested in temperate sand smelt Atherina presbyter larvae. The hypothesis that behavioural changes are caused by interference of high CO2 with GABA-A receptor function was tested by treating larvae with a receptor antagonist (gabazine). Routine swimming speed did not differ between control and high pCO2, but exposure to high pCO2 for 7 days affected group cohesion, which presented a more random distribution when compared to control fish. However, this random distribution was reversed after 21 days of exposure to high CO2 conditions. Lateralization at the individual level decreased in fish exposed to high pCO2 for 7 and 21 days, but gabazine reversed this decline. This adds to the growing body of evidence that the effects of a more acidified environment on fish larvae behaviour are likely due to altered function of GABA-A receptors. Overall, our results suggest that future pCO2 levels likely to occur in temperate coastal ecosystems could have an adverse effect on temperate larval fish behaviour.
title Behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion of fish larvae altered under ocean acidification
topic Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Arrabida_OA; Atherina presbyter; 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; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Index; Laboratory experiment; Lateralization; Nekton; North Atlantic; 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; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Registration number of species; Salinity; Salinity, standard deviation; Single species; Species; Speed, swimming; Temperate; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard deviation; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.872397