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Transgenerational plasticity responses of oysters to ocean acidification differ with habitat
Laura M. Parker, Elliot Scanes, Wayne A. O'Connor, Pauline M. Ross
Journal of Experimental Biology 2021 : jeb.239269 doi: 10.1242/jeb.239269 Published 30 March 2021
Laura M. Parker
1The University of New South Wales, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kensington, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
2The University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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Elliot Scanes
2The University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
3The Western Sydney University, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC 2751, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wayne A. O'Connor
4New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, Taylors Beach, New South Wales, 2316, Australia
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Pauline M. Ross
2The University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
3The Western Sydney University, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC 2751, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Abstract

Transgenerational plasticity (TGP) has been identified as a critical mechanism of acclimation which may buffer marine organisms against climate change, yet whether the TGP response of marine organisms is altered depending on their habitat is unknown. Many marine organisms are found in intertidal zones where they experience episodes of emersion daily as the tide rises and recedes. During episodes of emersion, the accumulation of metabolic carbon dioxide (CO2) leads to hypercapnia for many species. How this metabolic hypercapnia impacts the TGP response of marine organisms to climate change is unknown as all previous transgenerational studies have been done under subtidal conditions, where parents are constantly immersed. Herein, we assess the capacity of the ecologically and economically important oyster, Saccostrea glomerata to acclimate to elevated CO2 dependent on habitat, across its vertical distribution, from the subtidal to intertidal zone. Tidal habitat altered both the existing tolerance and transgenerational response of S. glomerata to elevated CO2. Overall, larvae from parents conditioned in an intertidal habitat had a greater existing tolerance to elevated CO2 than larvae from parents conditioned in a subtidal habitat but had a lower capacity for beneficial TGP following parental exposure to elevated CO2. Our results suggest that the transgenerational plasticity responses of marine species will not be uniform across their distribution and highlights the need to consider the habitat of a species when assessing TGP responses to climate change stressors.

  • Received October 13, 2020.
  • Accepted March 23, 2021.
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Accepted Manuscript
Research Article
Transgenerational plasticity responses of oysters to ocean acidification differ with habitat
Laura M. Parker, Elliot Scanes, Wayne A. O'Connor, Pauline M. Ross
Journal of Experimental Biology 2021 : jeb.239269 doi: 10.1242/jeb.239269 Published 30 March 2021
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Transgenerational plasticity responses of oysters to ocean acidification differ with habitat
Laura M. Parker, Elliot Scanes, Wayne A. O'Connor, Pauline M. Ross
Journal of Experimental Biology 2021 : jeb.239269 doi: 10.1242/jeb.239269 Published 30 March 2021

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