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Teichert N, Tabouret H, Lizé A, Daverat F, Acou A, Trancart T, Virag LS, Pécheyran C, Feunteun E, Carpentier A. Quantifying larval dispersal portfolio in seabass nurseries using otolith chemical signatures. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 196:106426. [PMID: 38442591 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106426] [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: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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The temporal asynchronies in larvae production from different spawning areas are fundamental components for ensuring stability and resilience of marine metapopulations. Such a concept, named portfolio effect, supposes that diversifying larval dispersal histories should minimize the risk of recruitment failure by increasing the probability that at least some larvae successfully settle in nursery. Here, we used a reconstructive approach based on otolith chemistry to quantify the larval dispersal portfolio of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, across six estuarine nursery areas of the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The analysis of natal and trajectory signatures indicated that larvae hatch in distinct environments and then dispersed in water masses featured by contrasting chemical signatures. While some trace elements appeared affected by temporal changes (Mn and Sr), others varied spatially during the larval stage but remained poorly affected by temporal fluctuation and fish physiology (Ba, Cu, Rb and Zn). We then proposed two diversity metrics based on richness and variations of chemical signatures among populations to reflect spatio-temporal diversity in natal origins and larval trajectories (i.e., estimates of dispersal portfolio). Along the French coast, the diversity estimates were maximum in nurseries located at proximity of offshore spawning sites and featured by complex offshore hydrodynamic contexts, such as the Mont St-Michel bay. Finally, our findings indicate that the dispersal portfolio was positively related with the local abundance of seabass juveniles, supporting the assumption that heterogeneity in dispersal history contributes to promote recruitment success in nurseries.
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- Nils Teichert
- UMR 8067 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, 35800, Dinard, France.
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IPREM, Pau, France
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- UMR 8067 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, 35800, Dinard, France; School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, L697ZB, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre d'expertise et de données PatriNat (OFB-MNHN-CNRS-IRD), Station marine de Dinard, CRESCO, 35800, Dinard, France; Pôle R&D OFB, INRAE, Institut Agro -UPPA MIAME (MIgrateurs AMphihalins dans leur Environnement), 35000, Rennes, France
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- UMR 8067 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, 35800, Dinard, France
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- UMR 8067 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, 35800, Dinard, France; CGEL, EPHE-PSL, 35800, Dinard, France
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- Université de Rennes, UMR 8067 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA) Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Rennes, France
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Teichert N, Lizé A, Cabral H, Acou A, Trancart T, Virag LS, Feunteun E, Carpentier A. Decoupling carry-over effects from environment in fish nursery grounds. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159487. [PMID: 36280084 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159487] [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: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Life-history trait expression not only depends on the current environmental constraints, but also on the past ones that shaped traits expressed earlier in life. Such an effect, named carry-over, can occur in fish nursery grounds when juvenile performances after settlement are influenced by their larval traits in combination with conditions experienced in nurseries. To date, the impacts of environmental and human stressors on post-settlement traits have been assessed, but independently from larval traits, so that the contributions of environmental versus carry-over constraints remain unquantified. Here, we used a reconstructive approach based on otolith microstructure to investigate how carry-over and environment affect life-history traits of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax. In the northeast Atlantic Ocean, seabass juveniles were collected in six French estuarine nursery areas with contrasted environmental conditions (water temperature, salinity, food availability, and anthropogenic impacts), and five of their life-history traits across ontogenetic stages were measured (pelagic growth, larval duration, size at settlement, post-settlement growth and body condition). Piecewise structural equation model emphasized the strong co-variation of larval traits in response to food availability and temperature in the pelagic environment, stressing that fast growing larvae are characterized by shorter pelagic larval duration, but larger size at recruitment. However, the magnitude of carry-over effects greatly varied between traits, revealing that larval trait impacts on post-settlement traits remained minor as compared to the nursery environment. In estuarine nurseries, our findings suggest that resource allocation results from a trade-off between somatic growth and energy storage. Fish juveniles exposed to anthropogenic stress or risk of food limitation tended to predominantly invest in storage, whereas individuals in favourable conditions allocated their resources in somatic growth. These findings highlight the importance of heterogeneity in pelagic and nursery environments in understanding trait variations and population dynamic of estuarine dependent fish.
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- Nils Teichert
- UMR 7208 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, Dinard, France.
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- UMR 7208 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, Dinard, France; School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- INRAE, UR EABX, Centre de Bordeaux, 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas, France
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- Centre d'Expertise et de Données PatriNat (OFB - CNRS - MNHN), Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, Dinard, France; Pôle R&D OFB, INRAE, Institut Agro -UPPA MIAME (MIgrateurs AMphihalins dans leur Environnement), Rennes, France
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- UMR 7208 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, Dinard, France
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- UMR 7208 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Paris, France; MNHN, Station Marine de Dinard, CRESCO, Dinard, France; CGEL, EPHE-PSL, 35800 Dinard, France
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- Université de Rennes 1, UMR 7208 BOREA (MNHN, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA), Campus de Beaulieu, 35000 Rennes, France
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Roche RC, Heenan A, Taylor BM, Schwarz JN, Fox MD, Southworth LK, Williams GJ, Turner JR. Linking variation in planktonic primary production to coral reef fish growth and condition. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:201012. [PMID: 36061523 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6156452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
Within low-nutrient tropical oceans, islands and atolls with higher primary production support higher fish biomass and reef organism abundance. External energy subsidies can be delivered onto reefs via a range of physical mechanisms. However, the influence of spatial variation in primary production on reef fish growth and condition is largely unknown. It is not yet clear how energy subsidies interact with reef depth and slope. Here we test the hypothesis that with increased proximity to deep-water oceanic nutrient sources, or at sites with shallower reef slopes, parameters of fish growth and condition will be higher. Contrary to expectations, we found no association between fish growth rate and sites with higher mean chlorophyll-a values. There were no differences in fish δ 15N or δ 13C values between depths. The relationship between fish condition and primary production was influenced by depth, driven by increased fish condition at shallow depths within a primary production 'hotspot' site. Carbon δ 13C was depleted with increasing primary production, and interacted with reef slope. Our results indicate that variable primary production did not influence growth rates in planktivorous Chromis fieldi within 10-17.5 m depth, but show site-specific variation in reef physical characteristics influencing fish carbon isotopic composition.
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- Ronan C Roche
- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
- Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD 4811, Australia
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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Roche RC, Heenan A, Taylor BM, Schwarz JN, Fox MD, Southworth LK, Williams GJ, Turner JR. Linking variation in planktonic primary production to coral reef fish growth and condition. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:201012. [PMID: 36061523 PMCID: PMC9428543 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Within low-nutrient tropical oceans, islands and atolls with higher primary production support higher fish biomass and reef organism abundance. External energy subsidies can be delivered onto reefs via a range of physical mechanisms. However, the influence of spatial variation in primary production on reef fish growth and condition is largely unknown. It is not yet clear how energy subsidies interact with reef depth and slope. Here we test the hypothesis that with increased proximity to deep-water oceanic nutrient sources, or at sites with shallower reef slopes, parameters of fish growth and condition will be higher. Contrary to expectations, we found no association between fish growth rate and sites with higher mean chlorophyll-a values. There were no differences in fish δ 15N or δ 13C values between depths. The relationship between fish condition and primary production was influenced by depth, driven by increased fish condition at shallow depths within a primary production 'hotspot' site. Carbon δ 13C was depleted with increasing primary production, and interacted with reef slope. Our results indicate that variable primary production did not influence growth rates in planktivorous Chromis fieldi within 10-17.5 m depth, but show site-specific variation in reef physical characteristics influencing fish carbon isotopic composition.
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- Ronan C. Roche
- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
- Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD 4811, Australia
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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Spinks RK, Donelson JM, Bonzi LC, Ravasi T, Munday PL. Parents exposed to warming produce offspring lower in weight and condition. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9044. [PMID: 35866024 PMCID: PMC9288889 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The parental environment can alter offspring phenotypes via the transfer of non-genetic information. Parental effects may be viewed as an extension of (within-generation) phenotypic plasticity. Smaller size, poorer physical condition, and skewed sex ratios are common responses of organisms to global warming, yet whether parental effects alleviate, exacerbate, or have no impact on these responses has not been widely tested. Further, the relative non-genetic influence of mothers and fathers and ontogenetic timing of parental exposure to warming on offspring phenotypes is poorly understood. Here, we tested how maternal, paternal, and biparental exposure of a coral reef fish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus) to elevated temperature (+1.5°C) at different ontogenetic stages (development vs reproduction) influences offspring length, weight, condition, and sex. Fish were reared across two generations in present-day and projected ocean warming in a full factorial design. As expected, offspring of parents exposed to present-day control temperature that were reared in warmer water were shorter than their siblings reared in control temperature; however, within-generation plasticity allowed maintenance of weight, resulting in a higher body condition. Parental exposure to warming, irrespective of ontogenetic timing and sex, resulted in decreased weight and condition in all offspring rearing temperatures. By contrast, offspring sex ratios were not strongly influenced by their rearing temperature or that of their parents. Together, our results reveal that phenotypic plasticity may help coral reef fishes maintain performance in a warm ocean within a generation, but could exacerbate the negative effects of warming between generations, regardless of when mothers and fathers are exposed to warming. Alternatively, the multigenerational impact on offspring weight and condition may be a necessary cost to adapt metabolism to increasing temperatures. This research highlights the importance of examining phenotypic plasticity within and between generations across a range of traits to accurately predict how organisms will respond to climate change.
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- Rachel K. Spinks
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Red Sea Research CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
- Marine Climate Change UnitOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnnaJapan
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQueenslandAustralia
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Birnie-Gauvin K, Larsen MH, Peiman KS, Midwood JD, Wilson ADM, Cooke SJ, Aarestrup K. No Evidence for Long-Term Carryover Effects in a Wild Salmonid Fish. Physiol Biochem Zool 2021; 94:319-329. [PMID: 34283699 DOI: 10.1086/716000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractEarly-life experiences can shape life histories and population dynamics of wild animals. To examine whether stressful stimuli experienced in early life resulted in carryover effects in later life stages, we conducted several experimental manipulations and then monitored wild fish with passive integrated transponder tags during juvenile out-migration and adult return migration. In total, 3,217 juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) were subjected to one of six manipulations: chase to exhaustion, thermal challenge, food deprivation, low-concentration cortisol injection, high-concentration cortisol injection, and sham injection, plus a control group. Cortisol and food deprivation treatments were previously shown to have short-term effects on juveniles, such as lower survival to out-migration and changes in migration timing. However, it remained unknown whether any of the six manipulations had effects that carried over into the adult phase. We therefore investigated whether these extrinsic manipulations, as well as intrinsic factors (size and condition), affected probability of return as adults and time spent at sea. Of the 1,273 fish that out-migrated, 146 returned as adults. We failed to detect any effect of treatments on return rates, while high-concentration cortisol weakly affected time spent at sea in one tagging event. We also found that juvenile condition was positively correlated to likelihood of adult return in only one tagging event. Overall, our findings did not identify either intrinsic factors or extrinsic stressful early-life experiences that have strong effects on fish that survive to adulthood. This suggests that some species may be more resilient than others to stressful stimuli encountered early in life.
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Thia JA, McGuigan K, Liggins L, Figueira WF, Bird CE, Mather A, Evans JL, Riginos C. Genetic and phenotypic variation exhibit both predictable and stochastic patterns across an intertidal fish metapopulation. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:4392-4414. [PMID: 33544414 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Interactions among selection, gene flow, and drift affect the trajectory of adaptive evolution. In natural populations, the direction and magnitude of these processes can be variable across different spatial, temporal, or ontogenetic scales. Consequently, variability in evolutionary processes affects the predictability or stochasticity of microevolutionary outcomes. We studied an intertidal fish, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854), to understand how space, time, and life stage structure genetic and phenotypic variation in a species with potentially extensive dispersal and a complex life cycle (larval dispersal preceding benthic recruitment). We sampled juvenile and adult life stages, at three sites, over three years. Genome-wide SNPs uncovered a pattern of chaotic genetic patchiness, that is, weak-but-significant patchy spatial genetic structure that was variable through time and between life stages. Outlier locus analyses suggested that targets of spatially divergent selection were mostly temporally variable, though a significant number of spatial outlier loci were shared between life stages. Head shape, a putatively ecologically responsive (adaptive) phenotype in B. cocosensis also exhibited high temporal variability within sites. However, consistent spatial relationships between sites indicated that environmental similarities among sites may generate predictable phenotype distributions across space. Our study highlights the complex microevolutionary dynamics of marine systems, where consideration of multiple ecological dimensions can reveal both predictable and stochastic patterns in the distributions of genetic and phenotypic variation. Such considerations probably apply to species that possess short, complex life cycles, have large dispersal potential and fecundities, and that inhabit heterogeneous environments.
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- Joshua A Thia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia.,School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC., Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Saboret G, Ingram T. Carryover effects of larval environment on individual variation in a facultatively diadromous fish. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:10630-10643. [PMID: 31624571 PMCID: PMC6787821 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Intraspecific trait variation may result from "carryover effects" of variability of environments experienced at an earlier life stage. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in partially migrating populations composed of individuals with divergent early life histories. While many studies have addressed the causes of partial migration, few have investigated the consequences for between-individual variability later in life.We studied carryover effects of larval environment in a facultatively diadromous New Zealand fish, Gobiomorphus cotidianus, along an estuarine salinity gradient. We investigated the implications of varying environmental conditions during this critical stage of ontogeny for adult phenotype.We inferred past environmental history of wild-caught adult fish using otolith microchemistry (Sr/Ca) as a proxy for salinity. We tested for main and interactive effects of larval and adult environment on a suite of traits, including growth rates, behavior (exploration and activity), parasite load, and diet (stable isotopes and gut contents).We found a Sr/Ca consistent with a continuum from freshwater to brackish environments, and with different trajectories from juvenile to adult habitat. Fish with Sr/Ca indicating upstream migration were more vulnerable to trematode infection, suggesting a mismatch to freshwater habitat. Diet analysis suggested an interactive effect of larval and adult environments on trophic position and diet preference, while behavioral traits were unrelated to environment at any life stage. Growth rates did not seem to be affected by past environment.Overall, we show that early life environment can have multiple effects on adult performance and ecology, with the potential for lifetime fitness trade-offs associated with life history. Our study highlights that even relatively minor variation in rearing conditions may be enough to generate individual variation in natural populations.
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- Grégoire Saboret
- Département de Biologie, Master BiosciencesENS de LyonLyonFrance
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OtagoDunedinNew Zealand
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Fobert EK, Treml EA, Swearer SE. Dispersal and population connectivity are phenotype dependent in a marine metapopulation. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20191104. [PMID: 31455189 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Larval dispersal is a key process determining population connectivity, metapopulation dynamics, and community structure in benthic marine ecosystems, yet the biophysical complexity of dispersal is not well understood. In this study, we investigate the interaction between disperser phenotype and hydrodynamics on larval dispersal pathways, using a temperate reef fish species, Trachinops caudimaculatus. We assessed the influence of larval traits on depth distribution and dispersal outcomes by: (i) using 24-h depth-stratified ichthyoplankton sampling, (ii) quantifying individual phenotypes using larval growth histories extracted from the sagittal otoliths of individual larvae, and (iii) simulating potential dispersal outcomes based on the empirical distribution of larval phenotypes and an advanced biological-physical ocean model. We found T. caudimaculatus larvae were vertically stratified with respect to phenotype, with high-quality phenotypes found in the bottom two depth strata, and poor-quality phenotypes found primarily at the surface. Our model showed high- and average-quality larvae experienced significantly higher local retention (more than double) and self-recruitment, and travelled shorter distances relative to poor-quality larvae. As populations are only connected when dispersers survive long enough to reproduce, determining how larval phenotype influences dispersal outcomes will be important for improving our understanding of marine population connectivity and persistence.
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- Emily K Fobert
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.,School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.,National Centre for Coasts and Climate, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Kaemingk MA, Swearer SE, Bury SJ, Shima JS. Landscape edges shape dispersal and population structure of a migratory fish. Oecologia 2019; 190:579-588. [PMID: 31230154 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04440-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Many freshwater organisms have a life-history stage that can disperse through seawater. This has obvious benefits for colonization and connectivity of fragmented sub-populations, but requires a physiologically challenging migration across a salinity boundary. We consider the role of landscape boundaries between freshwater and seawater habitats, and evaluate their potential effects on traits and developmental histories of larvae and juveniles (i.e., dispersing life-history stages) of an amphidromous fish, Galaxias maculatus. We sampled juvenile fish on their return to 20 rivers in New Zealand: 10 rivers had abrupt transitions to the sea (i.e., emptying to an open coastline); these were paired with 10 nearby rivers that had gradual transitions to the sea (i.e., emptying into estuarine embayments). We reconstructed individual dispersal histories using otolith microstructure, otolith microchemistry, and stable isotope analysis. We found that fish recruiting to embayment rivers had distinct dispersal and foraging histories, were slower growing, smaller in size, and older than fish recruiting to nearby non-embayment rivers. Our results indicate that landscape edges can affect dispersal capabilities of aquatic organisms, potentially leading to divergent life-history strategies (i.e., limited- versus widespread-dispersal). Patterns also suggest that dispersal potential among landscape boundaries can create heterogeneity in the traits of individuals, with implications for metapopulation dynamics.
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- M A Kaemingk
- Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand. .,Current Address: Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA.
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Greta Point, 301 Evans Bay Parade, Hataitai, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
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- Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
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DNA Methylation Patterns in the Round Goby Hypothalamus Support an On-The-Spot Decision Scenario for Territorial Behavior. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10030219. [PMID: 30875862 PMCID: PMC6471186 DOI: 10.3390/genes10030219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The question as to how early life experiences are stored on a molecular level and affect traits later in life is highly topical in ecology, medicine, and epigenetics. In this study, we use a fish model to investigate whether DNA methylation mediates early life experiences and predetermines a territorial male reproductive phenotype. In fish, adult reproductive phenotypes frequently depend on previous life experiences and are often associated with distinct morphological traits. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism which is both sensitive to environmental conditions and stably inherited across cell divisions. We therefore investigate early life predisposition in the round goby Neogobius melanostomus by growth back-calculations and then study DNA methylation by MBD-Seq in the brain region controlling vertebrate reproductive behavior, the hypothalamus. We find a link between the territorial reproductive phenotype and high growth rates in the first year of life. However, hypothalamic DNA methylation patterns reflect the current behavioral status independently of early life experiences. Together, our data suggest a non-predetermination scenario in the round goby, in which indeterminate males progress to a non-territorial status in the spawning season, and in which some males then assume a specialized territorial phenotype if current conditions are favorable.
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Komyakova V, Swearer SE. Contrasting patterns in habitat selection and recruitment of temperate reef fishes among natural and artificial reefs. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 143:71-81. [PMID: 30470555 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Artificial reefs, a common management tool for stock enhancement of recreational fisheries and marine habitat restoration, have been deployed all over the world. However, little is known about the attractiveness of artificial compared to natural reefs to reef fishes. Here we investigated the habitat preferences of three reef fish species: Trachinops caudimaculatus, Vincentia conspersa and Trinorfoklia clarkei through the observation of recruitment patterns to three study habitats: Reef Ball reefs, custom-designed artificial reefs, and natural reefs in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Additionally, we examined habitat preferences of new recruits of T. caudimaculatus and V. conspersa using laboratory-based habitat choice experiments. In general, T. caudimaculatus recruitment was at least twice as high on natural reefs compared to both artificial reefs, whereas V. conspersa recruitment was almost three times greater on Reef Ball reefs compared to the other two habitats. T. clarkei recruited in equal numbers across all habitats. However, in the laboratory experiments T. caudimaculatus recruits selected the Reef Ball reef almost three times as often as the other two habitats, while V. conspersa exhibited no habitat preference. Little is known about the growth, condition, survival or reproduction of individuals that occupy artificial reefs. In areas where habitat is not limiting, the higher preference or equal attractiveness of some artificial habitats may negatively influence fish populations, if larvae are redirected to poorer quality artificial reef habitat, that lead to lower fitness advantages.
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- V Komyakova
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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Caie P, Shima JS. Patterns of selective predation change with ontogeny but not density in a marine fish. Oecologia 2018; 189:123-132. [PMID: 30421006 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4303-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Phenotypic variation is prevalent in the early life-history stages of many organisms and provides the basis for selective mortality on size and growth-related traits of older life stages. Densities of organisms can vary widely at important life-history transitions, raising additional questions about the interplay between selection and density-dependent processes. We evaluate density dependence in patterns of selective mortality for a temperate reef fish. Specifically, we exposed pre-settlement and post-settlement stages of the common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum) to a natural predator and evaluated patterns of selective mortality on early life-history traits as a function of ontogenetic stage and density. We used otoliths to reconstruct the traits of fish that survived versus fish that were consumed (i.e., we recovered otoliths from the guts of predators), and we estimated selection by analysing the relationship between absolute fitness and standardised traits. Absolute fitness was negatively correlated with size and larval growth rate for pre-settlement fish (i.e., larger and faster growing individuals were more likely to be consumed by predators), and this was consistent across the range of densities evaluated. Post-settlement fish experienced no selective mortality. Additionally, absolute fitness was equal across density treatments, suggesting mortality was density-independent. Collectively, these results suggest that patterns of selection change with ontogeny, but may be stable across densities when mortality is density-independent. Shifts in selective mortality for species with distinct life-stages can mask and complicate relationships between traits and fitness, and the importance of such traits may be underappreciated for earlier life stages.
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- Phoebe Caie
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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Shima JS, Swearer SE. Moonlight enhances growth in larval fish. Ecology 2018; 100:e02563. [PMID: 30422325 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Moonlight mediates trophic interactions and shapes the evolution of life-history strategies for nocturnal organisms. Reproductive cycles and important life-history transitions for many marine organisms coincide with moon phases, but few studies consider the effects of moonlight on pelagic larvae at sea. We evaluated effects of moonlight on growth of pelagic larvae of a temperate reef fish using "master chronologies" of larval growth constructed from age-independent daily increment widths recorded in otoliths of 321 individuals. We found that daily growth rates of fish larvae were enhanced by lunar illumination after controlling for the positive influence of temperature and the negative influence of cloud cover. Collectively, these results indicate that moonlight enhances growth rates of larval fish. This pattern is likely the result of moonlight's combined effects on foraging efficiency and suppression of diel migrations of mesopelagic predators, and has the potential to drive evolution of marine life histories.
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- Jeffrey S Shima
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Thia JA, Riginos C, Liggins L, Figueira WF, McGuigan K. Larval traits show temporally consistent constraints, but are decoupled from postsettlement juvenile growth, in an intertidal fish. J Anim Ecol 2018; 87:1353-1363. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Joshua A. Thia
- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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- Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences; Massey University; Auckland New Zealand
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Sydney; Sydney NSW Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Qld Australia
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Lal MM, Southgate PC, Jerry DR, Bosserelle C, Zenger KR. Swept away: ocean currents and seascape features influence genetic structure across the 18,000 Km Indo-Pacific distribution of a marine invertebrate, the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:66. [PMID: 28073363 PMCID: PMC5225542 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic structure in many widely-distributed broadcast spawning marine invertebrates remains poorly understood, posing substantial challenges for their fishery management, conservation and aquaculture. Under the Core-Periphery Hypothesis (CPH), genetic diversity is expected to be highest at the centre of a species' distribution, progressively decreasing with increased differentiation towards outer range limits, as populations become increasingly isolated, fragmented and locally adapted. The unique life history characteristics of many marine invertebrates such as high dispersal rates, stochastic survival and variable recruitment are also likely to influence how populations are organised. To examine the microevolutionary forces influencing population structure, connectivity and adaptive variation in a highly-dispersive bivalve, populations of the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera were examined across its ~18,000 km Indo-Pacific distribution. RESULTS Analyses utilising 9,624 genome-wide SNPs and 580 oysters, discovered differing patterns of significant and substantial broad-scale genetic structure between the Indian and Pacific Ocean basins. Indian Ocean populations were markedly divergent (F st = 0.2534-0.4177, p < 0.001), compared to Pacific Ocean oysters, where basin-wide gene flow was much higher (F st = 0.0007-0.1090, p < 0.001). Partitioning of genetic diversity (hierarchical AMOVA) attributed 18.1% of variance between ocean basins, whereas greater proportions were resolved within samples and populations (45.8% and 35.7% respectively). Visualisation of population structure at selectively neutral loci resolved three and five discrete genetic clusters for the Indian and Pacific Oceans respectively. Evaluation of genetic structure at adaptive loci for Pacific populations (89 SNPs under directional selection; F st = 0.1012-0.4371, FDR = 0.05), revealed five clusters identical to those detected at neutral SNPs, suggesting environmental heterogeneity within the Pacific. Patterns of structure and connectivity were supported by Mantel tests of isolation by distance (IBD) and independent hydrodynamic particle dispersal simulations. CONCLUSIONS It is evident that genetic structure and connectivity across the natural range of P. margaritifera is highly complex, and produced by the interaction of ocean currents, IBD and seascape features at a broad scale, together with habitat geomorphology and local adaptation at regional levels. Overall population organisation is far more elaborate than generalised CPH predictions, however valuable insights for regional fishery management, and a greater understanding of range-wide genetic structure in a highly-dispersive marine invertebrate have been gained.
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- Monal M. Lal
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 QLD Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 QLD Australia
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558 QLD Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 QLD Australia
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- Geoscience Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 241 Mead Road, Nabua, Suva Fiji Islands
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 QLD Australia
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Consequences of Hatch Phenology on Stages of Fish Recruitment. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164980. [PMID: 27764216 PMCID: PMC5072656 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Little is known about how hatch phenology (e.g., the start, peak, and duration of hatching) could influence subsequent recruitment of freshwater fishes into a population. We used two commonly sympatric fish species that exhibit different hatching phenologies to examine recruitment across multiple life stages. Nine yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) annual cohorts were sampled from 2004 through 2013 across larval, age-0, age-1, and age-2 life stages in a Nebraska (U.S.A.) Sandhill lake. Yellow perch hatched earlier in the season and displayed a more truncated hatch duration compared to bluegill. The timing of hatch influenced recruitment dynamics for both species but important hatching metrics were not similar between species across life stages. A longer hatch duration resulted in greater larval yellow perch abundance but greater age-1 bluegill abundance. In contrast, bluegill larval and age-0 abundances were greater during years when hatching duration was shorter and commenced earlier, whereas age-0 yellow perch abundance was greater when hatching occurred earlier. As a result of hatch phenology, yellow perch recruitment variability was minimized sooner (age-0 life stage) than bluegill (age-1 life stage). Collectively, hatch phenology influenced recruitment dynamics across multiple life stages but was unique for each species. Understanding the complexities of when progeny enter an environment and how this influences eventual recruitment into a population will be critical in the face of ongoing climate change.
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Svanfeldt K, Monro K, Marshall DJ. Dispersal duration mediates selection on offspring size. OIKOS 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.03604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Karin Svanfeldt
- Centre of Geometric Biology/School of Biological Sciences Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Centre of Geometric Biology/School of Biological Sciences Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Centre of Geometric Biology/School of Biological Sciences Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia
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Carryover effects drive competitive dominance in spatially structured environments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:6939-44. [PMID: 27298356 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1520536113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Understanding how changes to the quality of habitat patches affect the distribution of species across the whole landscape is critical in our human-dominated world and changing climate. Although patterns of species' abundances across a landscape are clearly influenced by dispersal among habitats and local species interactions, little is known about how the identity and origin of dispersers affect these patterns. Because traits of individuals are altered by experiences in their natal habitat, differences in the natal habitat of dispersers can carry over when individuals disperse to new habitats and alter their fitness and interactions with other species. We manipulated the presence or absence of such carried-over natal habitat effects for up to eight generations to examine their influence on two interacting species across multiple dispersal rates and different habitat compositions. We found that experimentally accounting for the natal habitat of dispersers significantly influenced competitive outcomes at all spatial scales and increased total community biomass within a landscape. However, the direction and magnitude of the impact of natal habitat effects was dependent upon landscape type and dispersal rate. Interestingly, effects of natal habitats increased the difference between species performance across the landscape, suggesting that natal habitat effects could alter competitive interactions to promote spatial coexistence. Given that heterogeneity in habitat quality is ubiquitous in nature, natal habitat effects are likely important drivers of spatial community structure and could promote variation in species performance, which may help facilitate spatial coexistence. The results have important implications for conservation and invasive species management.
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Dingeldein AL, White JW. Larval traits carry over to affect post-settlement behaviour in a common coral reef fish. J Anim Ecol 2016; 85:903-14. [PMID: 26913461 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Most reef fishes begin life as planktonic larvae before settling to the reef, metamorphosing and entering the benthic adult population. Different selective forces determine survival in the planktonic and benthic life stages, but traits established in the larval stage may carry over to affect post-settlement performance. We tested the hypothesis that larval traits affect two key post-settlement fish behaviours: social group-joining and foraging. Certain larval traits of reef fishes are permanently recorded in the rings in their otoliths. In the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), prior work has shown that key larval traits recorded in otoliths (growth rate, energetic condition at settlement) carry over to affect post-settlement survival on the reef, with higher-larval-condition fish experiencing less post-settlement mortality. We hypothesized that this selective mortality is mediated by carry-over effects on post-settlement antipredator behaviours. We predicted that better-condition fish would forage less and be more likely to join groups, both behaviours that would reduce predation risk. We collected 550 recently settled bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) from three reef sites off St. Croix (USVI) and performed two analyses. First, we compared each settler's larval traits to the size of its social group to determine whether larval traits influenced group-joining behaviour. Secondly, we observed foraging behaviour in a subset of grouped and solitary fish (n = 14) for 1-4 days post-settlement. We then collected the fish and tested whether larval traits influenced the proportion of time spent foraging. Body length at settlement, but not condition, affected group-joining behaviour; smaller fish were more likely to remain solitary or in smaller groups. However, both greater length and better condition were associated with greater proportions of time spent foraging over four consecutive days post-settlement. Larval traits carry over to affect post-settlement behaviour, although not as we expected: higher quality larvae join groups more frequently (safer) but then forage more. Foraging is risky but may allow faster post-settlement growth, reducing mortality risk in the long run. This shows that behaviour likely serves as a mechanistic link connecting larval traits to post-settlement selective mortality.
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- Andrea L Dingeldein
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA
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- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA
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Shima JS, Swearer SE. Evidence and population consequences of shared larval dispersal histories in a marine fish. Ecology 2016; 97:25-31. [DOI: 10.1890/14-2298.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Jeffrey S. Shima
- School of Biological Sciences; Victoria University of Wellington; P.O.Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
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- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia
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Shima JS, Noonburg EG, Swearer SE. Consequences of variable larval dispersal pathways and resulting phenotypic mixtures to the dynamics of marine metapopulations. Biol Lett 2015; 11:20140778. [PMID: 25673001 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Larval dispersal can connect distant subpopulations, with important implications for marine population dynamics and persistence, biodiversity conservation and fisheries management. However, different dispersal pathways may affect the final phenotypes, and thus the performance and fitness of individuals that settle into subpopulations. Using otolith microchemical signatures that are indicative of 'dispersive' larvae (oceanic signatures) and 'non-dispersive' larvae (coastal signatures), we explore the population-level consequences of dispersal-induced variability in phenotypic mixtures for the common triplefin (a small reef fish). We evaluate lipid concentration and otolith microstructure and find that 'non-dispersive' larvae (i) have greater and less variable lipid reserves at settlement (and this variability attenuates at a slower rate), (ii) grow faster after settlement, and (iii) experience similar carry-over benefits of lipid reserves on post-settlement growth relative to 'dispersive' larvae. We then explore the consequences of phenotypic mixtures in a metapopulation model with two identical subpopulations replenished by variable contributions of 'dispersive' and 'non-dispersive' larvae and find that the resulting phenotypic mixtures can have profound effects on the size of the metapopulation. We show that, depending upon the patterns of connectivity, phenotypic mixtures can lead to larger metapopulations, suggesting dispersal-induced demographic heterogeneity may facilitate metapopulation persistence.
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- Jeffrey S Shima
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 3200 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Lett C, Nguyen-Huu T, Cuif M, Saenz-Agudelo P, Kaplan DM. Linking local retention, self-recruitment, and persistence in marine metapopulations. Ecology 2015; 96:2236-44. [DOI: 10.1890/14-1305.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Asymmetries in body condition and order of arrival influence competitive ability and survival in a coral reef fish. Oecologia 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3401-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Noonburg EG, Chen A, Shima JS, Swearer SE. Demographic heterogeneity and the dynamics of open populations. Ecology 2015; 96:1159-65. [DOI: 10.1890/14-1531.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cavallo C, Dempster T, Kearney MR, Kelly E, Booth D, Hadden KM, Jessop TS. Predicting climate warming effects on green turtle hatchling viability and dispersal performance. Funct Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Catherine Cavallo
- Department of Zoology University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria3010 Australia
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- Department of Zoology University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria3010 Australia
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- Department of Zoology University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria3010 Australia
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- Department of Zoology University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria3010 Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland4067 Australia
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- Tiwi Land Council PO Box 38545 Winnellie Northern Territory0821 Australia
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- Department of Zoology University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria3010 Australia
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Treml EA, Ford JR, Black KP, Swearer SE. Identifying the key biophysical drivers, connectivity outcomes, and metapopulation consequences of larval dispersal in the sea. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY 2015; 3:17. [PMID: 26180636 PMCID: PMC4502943 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-015-0045-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Population connectivity, which is essential for the persistence of benthic marine metapopulations, depends on how life history traits and the environment interact to influence larval production, dispersal and survival. Although we have made significant advances in our understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of these individual processes, developing an approach that integrates the entire population connectivity process from reproduction, through dispersal, and to the recruitment of individuals has been difficult. We present a population connectivity modelling framework and diagnostic approach for quantifying the impact of i) life histories, ii) demographics, iii) larval dispersal, and iv) the physical seascape, on the structure of connectivity and metapopulation dynamics. We illustrate this approach using the subtidal rocky reef ecosystem of Port Phillip Bay, were we provide a broadly-applicable framework of population connectivity and quantitative methodology for evaluating the relative importance of individual factors in determining local and system outcomes. RESULTS The spatial characteristics of marine population connectivity are primarily influenced by larval mortality, the duration of the pelagic larval stage, and the settlement competency characteristics, with significant variability imposed by the geographic setting and the timing of larval release. The relative influence and the direction and strength of the main effects were strongly consistent among 10 connectivity-based metrics. CONCLUSIONS These important intrinsic factors (mortality, length of the pelagic larval stage, and the extent of the precompetency window) and the spatial and temporal variability represent key research priorities for advancing our understanding of the connectivity process and metapopulation outcomes.
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- Eric A. Treml
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia
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Starrs D, Ebner BC, Fulton CJ. All in the ears: unlocking the early life history biology and spatial ecology of fishes. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2014; 91:86-105. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Revised: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Danswell Starrs
- Evolution, Ecology and Genetics; Research School of Biology, Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory 0200 Australia
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- CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; Atherton Queensland 4883 Australia
- TropWATER, James Cook University; Townsville Queensland 4811 Australia
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- Evolution, Ecology and Genetics; Research School of Biology, Australian National University; Canberra Australian Capital Territory 0200 Australia
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Hogan JD, Blum MJ, Gilliam JF, Bickford N, McIntyre PB. Consequences of alternative dispersal strategies in a putatively amphidromous fish. Ecology 2014. [DOI: 10.1890/13-0576.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Barbee NC, Ganio K, Swearer SE. Integrating multiple bioassays to detect and assess impacts of sublethal exposure to metal mixtures in an estuarine fish. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 152:244-255. [PMID: 24794343 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Estuaries are natural sinks for a wide range of urban, industrial and agricultural contaminants that accumulate at potentially toxic but non-lethal concentrations, yet we know relatively little about the long-term impacts of toxicants at these levels on aquatic organisms. In this study, we present an integrated, multi-pronged approach to detect and assess the impacts to estuarine fish of exposure to sublethal concentrations of metal mixtures. Our aims were to (1) examine the effects of sublethal metal exposure on the embryonic development of Galaxias maculatus, an estuarine spawning fish native to southeastern Australia, (2) determine whether sublethal exposure during development has knock-on effects on larval behaviour, and (3) establish whether a signature of metal exposure during embryogenesis can be detected in larval otoliths ("ear bones"). G. maculatus eggs are fertilised in water but develop aerially, in direct contact with estuarine sediments. We were thus also able to explore the relative importance of two exposure pathways, water and sediment. Embryos were exposed to two concentrations of a metal mixture containing Cu, Zn and Pb in water (during fertilisation) and on spiked sediments (during development), using a fully crossed experimental design. Overall, we found that exposure to the metal mixture reduced embryo survival and slowed embryonic development, resulting in poorer quality larvae that exhibited a reduced phototactic response. Differences in exposure to metals between treatment and control embryos were also permanently recorded in the developing otoliths. Combined these three approaches have the potential to be a powerful novel bioassessment tool as they provide a means of identifying a history of metal exposure during the embryonic period and linking it to suboptimal early growth and performance traits which could have long term fitness consequences.
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- Nicole C Barbee
- Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identification and Management (CAPIM), Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia.
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- Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identification and Management (CAPIM), Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identification and Management (CAPIM), Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia
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Nanninga GB, Saenz-Agudelo P, Manica A, Berumen ML. Environmental gradients predict the genetic population structure of a coral reef fish in the Red Sea. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:591-602. [PMID: 24320929 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The relatively recent fields of terrestrial landscape and marine seascape genetics seek to identify the influence of biophysical habitat features on the spatial genetic structure of populations or individuals. Over the last few years, there has been accumulating evidence for the effect of environmental heterogeneity on patterns of gene flow and connectivity in marine systems. Here, we investigate the population genetic patterns of an anemonefish, Amphiprion bicinctus, along the Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea. We collected nearly one thousand samples from 19 locations, spanning approximately 1500 km, and genotyped them at 38 microsatellite loci. Patterns of gene flow appeared to follow a stepping-stone model along the northern and central Red Sea, which was disrupted by a distinct genetic break at a latitude of approximately 19°N. The Red Sea is characterized by pronounced environmental gradients along its axis, roughly separating the northern and central from the southern basin. Using mean chlorophyll-a concentrations as a proxy for this gradient, we ran tests of isolation by distance (IBD, R(2) = 0.52) and isolation by environment (IBE, R(2) = 0.64), as well as combined models using partial Mantel tests and multiple matrix regression with randomization (MMRR). We found that genetic structure across our sampling sites may be best explained by a combined model of IBD and IBE (Mantel: R(2) = 0.71, MMRR: R(2) = 0.86). Our results highlight the potential key role of environmental patchiness in shaping patterns of gene flow in species with pelagic larval dispersal. We support growing calls for the integration of biophysical habitat characteristics into future studies of population genetic structure.
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- Gerrit B Nanninga
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23599-6900, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Van Allen BG, Rudolf VHW. Ghosts of habitats past: environmental carry-over effects drive population dynamics in novel habitat. Am Nat 2013; 181:596-608. [PMID: 23594544 DOI: 10.1086/670127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The phenotype of adults can be strongly influenced by the environmental conditions experienced during development. Consequently, variation in habitat quality across space and through time also leads to differences in the phenotypes of adults. This could create carry-over effects where differences in the natal habitat quality of colonizers influence population dynamics in new habitats. We tested this hypothesis experimentally by simulating dispersal of Tribolium castaneum from low- or high-quality natal habitat into new patches of low- or high-quality habitat. Differences in the natal habitat quality of colonizers altered population growth trajectories and led to carrying capacities that differed by up to 63% within a habitat type, indicating that patch dynamics are determined by the interaction of past and current habitat quality. Interestingly, even after multiple generations, the natal habitat of colonizers determined differences in adult traits that were related to density-dependent population regulation. These changes in adult phenotype could at least partially explain why carry-over effects continued to alter population dynamics for multiple generations until the end of the experiment. These results highlight the importance of variable habitat quality and carry-over effects for population dynamics.
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- Benjamin G Van Allen
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
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Di Franco A, Gillanders BM, De Benedetto G, Pennetta A, De Leo GA, Guidetti P. Dispersal patterns of coastal fish: implications for designing networks of marine protected areas. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31681. [PMID: 22355388 PMCID: PMC3280317 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Information about dispersal scales of fish at various life history stages is critical for successful design of networks of marine protected areas, but is lacking for most species and regions. Otolith chemistry provides an opportunity to investigate dispersal patterns at a number of life history stages. Our aim was to assess patterns of larval and post-settlement (i.e. between settlement and recruitment) dispersal at two different spatial scales in a Mediterranean coastal fish (i.e. white sea bream, Diplodus sargus sargus) using otolith chemistry. At a large spatial scale (∼200 km) we investigated natal origin of fish and at a smaller scale (∼30 km) we assessed “site fidelity” (i.e. post-settlement dispersal until recruitment). Larvae dispersed from three spawning areas, and a single spawning area supplied post-settlers (proxy of larval supply) to sites spread from 100 to 200 km of coastline. Post-settlement dispersal occurred within the scale examined of ∼30 km, although about a third of post-settlers were recruits in the same sites where they settled. Connectivity was recorded both from a MPA to unprotected areas and vice versa. The approach adopted in the present study provides some of the first quantitative evidence of dispersal at both larval and post-settlement stages of a key species in Mediterranean rocky reefs. Similar data taken from a number of species are needed to effectively design both single marine protected areas and networks of marine protected areas.
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- Antonio Di Franco
- Laboratory of Conservation and Management of Marine and Coastal Resources, Dipartimento Di Scienze Etecnologie Biologiche E Ambientali (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
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