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Multistressor impacts of warming and acidification of the ocean on marine invertebrates’ life histories

Byrne, M., Przeslawski, R.·2013·Integrative and Comparative Biology

Abstract

Benthic marine invertebrates live in a multistressor world where stressor levels are, and will continue to be, exacerbated by global warming and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. These changes are causing the oceans to warm, decrease in pH, become hypercapnic, and to become less saturated in carbonate minerals. These stressors have strong impacts on biological processes, but little is known about their combined effects on the development of marine invertebrates. Increasing temperature has a stimulatory effect on development, whereas hypercapnia can depress developmental processes. The pH, pCO2, and CaCO3 of seawater change simultaneously with temperature, challenging our ability to predict future outcomes for marine biota. The need to consider both warming and acidification is reflected in the recent increase in cross-factorial studies of the effects of these stressors on development of marine invertebrates. The outcomes and trends in these studies are synthesized here. Based on this compilation, significant additive or antagonistic effects of warming and acidification of the ocean are common (16 of 20 species studied), and synergistic negative effects also are reported. Fertilization can be robust to near-future warming and acidification, depending on the male-female mating pair. Although larvae and juveniles of some species tolerate near-future levels of warming and acidification (+2°C/pH 7.8), projected far-future conditions (ca. ≥4°C/ ≤pH 7.6) are widely deleterious, with a reduction in the size and survival of larvae. It appears that larvae that calcify are sensitive both to warming and acidification, whereas those that do not calcify are more sensitive to warming. Different sensitivities of life-history stages and species have implications for persistence and community function in a changing ocean. Some species are more resilient than others and may be potential "winners" in the climate-change stakes. As the ocean will change more gradually over coming decades than in "future shock" perturbation investigations, it is likely that some species, particularly those with short generation times, may be able to tolerate near-future oceanic change through acclimatization and/or adaption.

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  • Interactive effects of multiple stressors are often manifested in a species-, strain-, and stressor-specific manner and are the outcome of complex biotic and abiotic processes.

    “Interactive effects are often manifested in a species-, strain-, and stressor-specific manner and are the outcome of complex biotic and abiotic processes (Crain et al., 2008;Melzner et al., 2011Melzner et al., , 2011;;Byrne and Przeslawski, 2013;Griffith and Gobler, 2016).”

    From Harmful algal blooms: A climate change co-stressor in marine and freshwater ecosystems (2020) · cites this paper as Byrne and Przeslawski, 2013

  • The combined occurrences of two or more climate change stressors can often have even more complex and intense negative outcomes than individual stressors.

    “The combined occurrences of two or more stressors can often have even more complex and intense negative outcomes (Melzner et al., 2011;Byrne and Przeslawski, 2013;Gobler et al., 2014).”

    From Harmful algal blooms: A climate change co-stressor in marine and freshwater ecosystems (2020) · cites this paper as Byrne and Przeslawski, 2013

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Authors
Byrne, M., & Przeslawski, R.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Byrne, M.
Venue
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Published
2013-05-22
Volume
53
Issue
4
Pages
582-596
ISSN
  • 1540-7063 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7023
OpenAlex
W1987748704
Cited by
388
References
97
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FWCI
23.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Keywords
ocean warming, ocean acidification, hypercapnia, marine benthic invertebrates, life history, larval development, fertilisation (biology), synergistic effect, additive and antagonistic effects, carbonate saturation state, climate change, acclimatization
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Biological, Animals, Calcium Carbonate, Carbon Dioxide, Female, Fertilization, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Invertebrates, Life Cycle Stages, Male, Models, Biological, Oceans and Seas, Seawater, Species Specificity, Stress, Physiological, Temperature, Global Warming

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