European Lobster Larval Development and Fitness Under a Temperature Gradient and Ocean Acidification.

ABSTRACT: Climate change combined with anthropogenic stressors (e.g. overfishing, habitat destruction) may have particularly strong effects on threatened populations of coastal invertebrates. The collapse of the population of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) around Helgoland constitutes a good example and prompted a large-scale restocking program. The question arises if recruitment of remaining natural individuals and program-released specimens could be stunted by ongoing climate change. We examined the joint effect of ocean warming and acidification on survival, development, morphology, energy metabolism and enzymatic antioxidant activity of the larval stages of the European lobster. Larvae from four independent hatches were reared from stage I to III under a gradient of 10 seawater tempe

SUBMITTER: Leiva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9333128 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature