Plasticity of adult coralline algae to prolonged increased temperature and pCO2 exposure but reduced survival in their first generation.

ABSTRACT: Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are vital to coral reefs worldwide, providing structural integrity and inducing the settlement of important invertebrate larvae. CCA are known to be impacted by changes in their environment, both during early development and adulthood. However, long-term studies on either life history stage are lacking in the literature, therefore not allowing time to explore the acclimatory or potential adaptive responses of CCA to future global change scenarios. Here, we exposed a widely distributed, slow growing, species of CCA, Sporolithon cf. durum, to elevated temperature and pCO2 for five months and their first set of offspring (F1) for eleven weeks. Survival, reproductive output, and metabolic rate were measured in adult S. cf. durum, and survival and growth were meas

SUBMITTER: Page TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310705 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature