Temperature-driven response reversibility and short-term quasi-acclimation of Daphnia magna.

ABSTRACT: Analysing the effect water temperature has on Daphnia magna is essential in anticipating the impact climate change will have on this freshwater zooplanktonic keystone species. While many authors have followed this line of research, few have covered an extensive temperature range or complex temperature change scenarios. Global warming is mostly associated with increased extreme temperature events, such as heat waves, as well as earlier and more intense thermal stratification. Both of these events may directly influence D. magna fitness, especially in those populations performing diel vertical migration (DVM). We analysed the effect water temperatures, ranging from 11 to 29°C, have on the filtration capacity (FC) of D. magna, to anticipate the effects of acclimation, temperature change rate

SUBMITTER: Muller MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303020 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature