Impact of Ocean Acidification and Warming on the bioenergetics of developing eggs of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus.

ABSTRACT: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a benthic spawner, therefore its eggs are prone to encounter different water conditions during embryonic development, with bottom waters often depleted of oxygen and enriched in CO₂. Some Atlantic herring spawning grounds are predicted to be highly affected by ongoing Ocean Acidification and Warming with water temperature increasing by up to +3°C and CO₂ levels reaching ca. 1000 μatm (RCP 8.5). Although many studies investigated the effects of high levels of CO₂ on the embryonic development of Atlantic herring, little is known about the combination of temperature and ecologically relevant levels of CO₂. In this study, we investigated the effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming on embryonic metabolic

SUBMITTER: Leo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142905 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature