Gene expression profiling in gills of the great spider crab Hyas araneus in response to ocean acidification and warming.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypercapnia and elevated temperatures resulting from climate change may have adverse consequences for many marine organisms. While diverse physiological and ecological effects have been identified, changes in those molecular mechanisms, which shape the physiological phenotype of a species and limit its capacity to compensate, remain poorly understood. Here, we use global gene expression profiling through RNA-Sequencing to study the transcriptional responses to ocean acidification and warming in gills of the boreal spider crab Hyas araneus exposed medium-term (10 weeks) to intermediate (1,120 μatm) and high (1,960 μatm) PCO2 at different temperatures (5°C and 10°C).

Results

The analyses reveal shifts in steady state gene expression from control to intermediate and

SUBMITTER: Harms L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4176836 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature