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| Title |
Impact of Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification on Larval Development and Calcification in the Sea Urchin Tripneustes gratilla
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0011372 |
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| Authors |
Hannah Sheppard Brennand, Natalie Soars, Symon A. Dworjanyn, Andrew R. Davis, Maria Byrne |
| Abstract |
As the oceans simultaneously warm, acidify and increase in P(CO2), prospects for marine biota are of concern. Calcifying species may find it difficult to produce their skeleton because ocean acidification decreases calcium carbonate saturation and accompanying hypercapnia suppresses metabolism. However, this may be buffered by enhanced growth and metabolism due to warming. We examined the interactive effects of near-future ocean warming and increased acidification/P(CO2) on larval development in the tropical sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla. Larvae were reared in multifactorial experiments in flow-through conditions in all combinations of three temperature and three pH/P(CO2) treatments. Experiments were placed in the setting of projected near future conditions for SE Australia, a global change hot spot. Increased acidity/P(CO2) and decreased carbonate mineral saturation significantly reduced larval growth resulting in decreased skeletal length. Increased temperature (+3 degrees C) stimulated growth, producing significantly bigger larvae across all pH/P(CO2) treatments up to a thermal threshold (+6 degrees C). Increased acidity (-0.3-0.5 pH units) and hypercapnia significantly reduced larval calcification. A +3 degrees C warming diminished the negative effects of acidification and hypercapnia on larval growth. This study of the effects of ocean warming and CO(2) driven acidification on development and calcification of marine invertebrate larvae reared in experimental conditions from the outset of development (fertilization) shows the positive and negative effects of these stressors. In simultaneous exposure to stressors the dwarfing effects of acidification were dominant. Reduction in size of sea urchin larvae in a high P(CO2) ocean would likely impair their performance with negative consequent effects for benthic adult populations. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 501 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 1% |
| Belgium | 5 | <1% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 2% |
| Unknown | 456 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 101 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 83 | 17% |
| Researcher | 80 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 78 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 25 | 5% |
| Other | 61 | 12% |
| Unknown | 73 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 262 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 87 | 17% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 28 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 24 | 5% |
| Unknown | 82 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 83. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 January 2021.
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#435,283
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#1,094
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#26
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