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Jiang X, Masanja F, Li W, Li J, Xu L, Xu Y, Luo X, Liu Y, Zhao L. Gonadal rematuration and sex-specific reproductive impairment in Manila clams under ocean acidification. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 208:116970. [PMID: 39293368 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2024] [Revised: 08/11/2024] [Accepted: 09/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/20/2024]
Abstract
Ocean acidification (OA) can affect marine bivalves at various levels of biological organization. Yet, little effort has been devoted to understanding how OA affects the reproductive events of marine bivalves during multiple cycles of maturation. Here, we tested sex-specific reproductive responses of Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) to OA during gonadal rematuration. Under acidified conditions, both male and female clams exhibited delayed gonadal rematuration following spawning and impairments in gonadal tissues, which can be likely ascribed to lowered concentrations of hormones and vitellogenin. The findings indicate that marine bivalves experience significant declines in reproductive capacity as a result of OA during their reproductive cycles, with clear sex-specific differences. Consequently, it is essential to consider sex-specific reproduction responses of marine bivalves to OA when developing conservation strategies and forecasting population sustainability in a rapidly acidifying marine environment.
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- Xiaoyan Jiang
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Pearl Oyster Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Center of Marine Invertebrate, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
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Masanja F, Jiang X, He G, Xu Y, Zang X, He Y, Zhao L. Bivalves under extreme weather events: A comparative study of five economically important species in the South China sea during marine heatwaves. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 202:106716. [PMID: 39226783 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/27/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024]
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Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are increasing in frequency and intensity, threatening marine organisms and ecosystems they support. Yet, little is known about impacts of intensifying MHWs on ecologically and economically important bivalves cultured in the South China Sea. Here, we compared survival and physiological responses of five bivalve species, Pinctada fucata, Crassostrea angulata, Perna viridis, Argopecten irradians and Paphia undulata, to two consecutive MHWs events (3 days of thermal exposure to + 4 °C or + 8 °C, following 3 days of recovery under ambient conditions). While P. fucata, P. viridis, and P. undulata are native to the South China Sea region, C. angulata and A. irradians are not. Individuals of P. fucata, C. angulata and P. viridis had higher stress tolerance to MHWs than A. irradians and P. undulata, the latter already experiencing 100% mortality under +8 °C conditions during the first event. With increasing intensity of MHWs, standard metabolic rates of all five species increased significantly, in line with significant depressions of function-related energy-metabolizing enzymes (CMA, NKA, and T-ATP). Likewise, activities of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, and MDA) and shell mineralization-related enzymes (AKP and ACP) responded significantly to MHWs, despite species-specific performances observed. These findings demonstrate that some bivalve species can likely fail to accommodate intensifying MHWs events in the South China Sea, but some may persist. If this is the case, then one would expect substantial loss of fitness in bivalve aquaculture in the South China Sea under intensifying MHWs conditions.
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Pearl Oyster Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center of Marine Invertebrates, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
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Luo X, Zhang X, Xu Y, Masanja F, Yang K, Liu Y, Zhao L. Behavioral responses of intertidal clams to compound extreme weather and climate events. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 200:116112. [PMID: 38320442 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Rapidly increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere not only results in global warming, but also drives increasing seawater acidification. Infaunal bivalves play critical roles in benthic-pelagic coupling, but little is known about their behavioral responses to compound climate events. Here, we tested how heatwaves and acidification affected the behavior of Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum). Under acidified conditions, the clams remained capable of burrowing into sediments. Yet, when heatwaves attacked, significant decreases in burrowing ability occurred. Following two consecutive events of heatwaves, the clams exhibited rapid behavioral acclimation. The present study showed that the behavior of R. philippinarum is more sensitive to heatwaves than acidification. Given that the behavior can act as an early and sensitive indicator of the fitness of intertidal bivalves, whether, and to what extent, behavioral acclimation can persist under scenarios of intensifying heatwaves in the context of ocean acidification deserve further investigations.
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- Xin Luo
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fisheries Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Pearl Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Center of Marine Invertebrate, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
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Tian Y, Li H, Zhang D, Wang C, Hao R, Ru X, Hu Q, Huang Y, Zhu C. Effect of marine heatwaves on juvenile greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili). MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 193:106302. [PMID: 38113590 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Marine heatwaves (MHWs) have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration in recent years causing significant impacts on marine organisms and fisheries. This study explores the physiological changes of juvenile greater amberjacks (Seriola dumerili) that cope with MHWs. Results showed that physiological parameters were significantly affected by the intensity, duration of MHWs or interaction of two factors (P < 0.05). Repeated MHWs in which water temperatures were increased (24 °C to 28 °C and 32 °C) resulted in changes in enzyme activity levels (catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione (GSH)), as well as the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) for antioxidant defense, immune function (acid phosphatase (ACP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and lysozyme (LYZ)), and energy metabolism (including triglycerides (TG), glucose (GLU), aspartate aminotransferase (GOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH)). The activities of enzymes, including those associated with antioxidant defense, immune function, and energy metabolism, changed significantly in relation to short-term MHWs, indicating a thermal stress response. When S. dumerili were exposed to repeated-MHWs, thermal stress responses increased at 28 °C (T28) and decreased at 32 °C (T32). These results exhibited the inability of S. dumerili to acclimate to severe thermal stress from MHWs. This study examined S. dumerili responses to MHWs and assessed the physiological adaptation of juvenile greater amberjacks to MHWs.
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- Yali Tian
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China.
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China; Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Development and Research Center for Biological Marine Resources, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang, 524006, China; Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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Jiang X, Li Y, Xu Y, Luo X, Liu Y, Zhao L. Sex-specific responses of Ruditapes philippinarum to ocean acidification following gonadal maturation. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 192:106235. [PMID: 37883827 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
Abstract
Ocean acidification (OA) can seriously affect marine bivalves at different levels of biological organization, generating widespread consequences on progeny recruitment and population maintenance. Yet, few effort has been devoted to elucidating whether female and male bivalves respond differentially to OA in their reproductive seasons. Here, we estimated differences in physiological responses of female and male Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) to OA during gonadal maturation. In comparison to OA-stressed male clams, females significantly depressed activities in enzymes related to energy metabolism (NKA, T-ATP), antioxidant defence (SOD and MDA), and non-specific immune function (ACP), and downregulated expression of AMPK that plays a key role in cellular metabolism, indicating that sex did significantly affect responses of R. philippinarum to OA. Such sex-based differences can be likely couched in energetic terms, given the much more energetically expensive cost of egg production than that of sperms. These results indicate that sex-specific responses to OA during reproductive seasons do exist in marine bivalves, and therefore accounting for such sex specificity is of paramount importance when projecting population sustainability and formulating conservation strategies in an acidifying ocean.
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- Xiaoyan Jiang
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory for Aquatic Ecology and Aquaculture of Tianjin, Department of Fisheries Science, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Pearl Oyster Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
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