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Hyperoxia increases maximum oxygen consumption and aerobic scope of intertidal fish facing acutely high temperatures

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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 221, Issue 22, Pages -

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COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.189993

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Oxygen consumption; Respirometry; Thermal tolerance; Thermal ramping; Metabolism

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  1. University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship - University of Auckland Scholarship Office
  2. Marsden Grant [UOA1407]

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Daytime low tides that lead to high-temperature events in stranded rock pools often co-occur with algae-mediated hyperoxia as a result of strong solar radiation. Recent evidence shows aerobic metabolic scope (MS) can be expanded under hyperoxia in fish but so far this possibility has not been examined in intertidal species despite being an ecologically relevant scenario. Furthermore, it is unknown whether hyperoxia increases the upper thermal tolerance limits of intertidal fish and, therefore, their ability to withstand extreme high-temperature events. Therefore, we measured the metabolic response (massspecific rate of oxygen consumption, (M) over dot(O2)) to thermal ramping (21-29 degrees C) and the upper thermal tolerance limit (U-TL) of two intertidal triplefin fishes (Bellapiscis medius and Forsterygion lapillum) under hyperoxia and normoxia. Hyperoxia increased maximal oxygen consumption ((M) over dot(O2,max)) and MS of each species at ambient temperature (21 degrees C) but also after thermal ramping to elevated temperatures such as those observed in rock pools (29 degrees C). While hyperoxia did not provide a biologically meaningful increase in upper thermal tolerance of either species (>31 degrees C under all conditions), the observed expansion of MS at 29 degrees C under hyperoxia could potentially benefit the aerobic performance, and hence the growth and feeding potential, etc., of intertidal fish at non-critical temperatures. That hyperoxia does not increase upper thermal tolerance in a meaningful way is cause for concern as climate change is expected to drive more extreme rock pool temperatures in the future and this could present a major challenge for these species.

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