Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
Volume 416, Issue -, Pages 1-7Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.02.003
Keywords
Acidification; Asteroidea; Hypercapnia; Intertidal; Ocean warming; Respiration
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- Australian Research Council
- Marine Aquarium Society of Sydney
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As typical of intertidal invertebrates the asterinid seastar Parvulastra exigua experiences marked variation in environmental temperature and pH/pCO(2) due to tidal exchange and diurnal patterns of photosynthesis and respiration. We characterized the temperature and pH/pCO(2) conditions in the mid-intertidal, rocky-shore habitat of this species and used these data along with projections for the ocean over coming decades to define treatments in oxygen consumption experiments. The metabolic response of P. exigua to warming and acidification was dominated by temperature as the most significant factor influencing oxygen consumption. When P. exigua were exposed to intermediate pH/pCO2 (7.8/approximate to 750 ppm) levels combined with pulses of warming occasionally experienced in nature (6 degrees C above sea surface temperature), the effect of temperature on metabolism was diminished. Our results show that the metabolic response of P. exigua is resilient to current levels of stress, but may be vulnerable in the future to the interactive effects of ocean warming and acidification at levels expected under near-future climate change. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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