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PLOS BIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001033
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Future fellowship [FT120100183]
- ARC Discovery Project [DP170101722]
- Environment Institute
- ARC Future Fellowship [FT0991953]
Ocean acidification affects species populations and biodiversity through direct negative effects on physiology and behavior. The study shows that at a temperate rocky reef, even though ocean acidification acts as a direct stressor, it can indirectly increase fish energy budgets to stimulate reproduction without impacting physiological homeostasis. This positive indirect effect of elevated CO2 was observed for generalistic and competitively dominant fish species, but not for subordinate and specialized species, ultimately leading to potential shifts in species communities in the future ocean.
Ocean acidification affects species populations and biodiversity through direct negative effects on physiology and behaviour. The indirect effects of elevated CO2 are less well known and can sometimes be counterintuitive. Reproduction lies at the crux of species population replenishment, but we do not know how ocean acidification affects reproduction in the wild. Here, we use natural CO2 vents at a temperate rocky reef and show that even though ocean acidification acts as a direct stressor, it can indirectly increase energy budgets of fish to stimulate reproduction at no cost to physiological homeostasis. Female fish maintained energy levels by compensation: They reduced activity (foraging and aggression) to increase reproduction. In male fish, increased reproductive investment was linked to increased energy intake as mediated by intensified foraging on more abundant prey. Greater biomass of prey at the vents was linked to greater biomass of algae, as mediated by a fertilisation effect of elevated CO2 on primary production. Additionally, the abundance and aggression of paternal carers were elevated at the CO2 vents, which may further boost reproductive success. These positive indirect effects of elevated CO2 were only observed for the species of fish that was generalistic and competitively dominant, but not for 3 species of subordinate and more specialised fishes. Hence, species that capitalise on future resource enrichment can accelerate their reproduction and increase their populations, thereby altering species communities in a future ocean.
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