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Dawson Taylor D, Farr JJ, Lim EG, Fleet JL, Smith Wuitchik SJ, Wuitchik DM. Heat stress does not induce wasting symptoms in the giant California sea cucumber ( Apostichopus californicus). PeerJ 2023; 11:e14548. [PMID: 36778149 PMCID: PMC9912942 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Oceanic heatwaves have significant impacts on disease dynamics in marine ecosystems. Following an extreme heatwave in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada, a severe sea cucumber wasting event occurred that resulted in the mass mortality of Apostichopus californicus. Here, we sought to determine if heat stress in isolation could trigger wasting symptoms in A. californicus. We exposed sea cucumbers to (i) a simulated marine heatwave (22 °C), (ii) an elevated temperature treatment (17 °C), or (iii) control conditions (12 °C). We measured the presence of skin lesions, mortality, posture maintenance, antipredator defences, spawning, and organ evisceration during the 79-hour thermal exposure, as well as 7-days post-exposure. Both the 22 °C and 17 °C treatments elicited stress responses where individuals exhibited a reduced ability to maintain posture and an increase in stress spawning. The 22 °C heatwave was particularly stressful, as it was the only treatment where mortality was observed. However, none of the treatments induced wasting symptoms as observed in the Nanoose Bay event. This study provides evidence that sea cucumber wasting may not be triggered by heat stress in isolation, leaving the cause of the mass mortality event observed in Nanoose unknown.
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- Declan Dawson Taylor
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
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- Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada,Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada,Biological Sciences, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada,Biological Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America,Informatics Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America,Biology, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Bamfield Marine Sciences Center, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada,Biological Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Moyen NE, Somero GN, Denny MW. Effects of heat acclimation on cardiac function in the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus: can laboratory-based indices predict survival in the field? J Exp Biol 2022; 225:275332. [PMID: 35388895 PMCID: PMC9163446 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Thermal performance curves are commonly used to investigate the effects of heat acclimation on thermal tolerance and physiological performance. However, recent work indicates that the metrics of these curves heavily depend on experimental design and may be poor predictors of animal survival during heat events in the field. In intertidal mussels, cardiac thermal performance (CTP) tests have been widely used as indicators of animals' acclimation or acclimatization state, providing two indices of thermal responses: critical temperature (Tcrit; the temperature above which heart rate abruptly declines) and flatline temperature (Tflat; the temperature where heart rate ceases). Despite the wide use of CTP tests, it remains largely unknown how Tcrit and Tflat change within a single individual after heat acclimation, and whether changes in these indices can predict altered survival in the field. Here, we addressed these issues by evaluating changes in CTP indices in the same individuals before and after heat acclimation. For control mussels, merely reaching Tcrit was not lethal, whereas remaining at Tcrit for ≥10 min was lethal. Heat acclimation significantly increased Tcrit only in mussels with an initially low Tcrit (<35°C), but improved their survival time above Tcrit by 20 min on average. Tflat increased by ∼1.6°C with heat acclimation, but it is unlikely that increased Tflat improves survival in the field. In summary, Tcrit and Tflat per se may fall short of providing quantitative indices of thermal tolerance in mussels; instead, a combination of Tcrit and tolerance time at temperatures ≥Tcrit better defines changes in thermal tolerance with heat acclimation.
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Tang Y, Du X, Sun S, Shi W, Han Y, Zhou W, Zhang J, Teng S, Ren P, Liu G. Circadian Rhythm and Neurotransmitters Are Potential Pathways through Which Ocean Acidification and Warming Affect the Metabolism of Thick-Shell Mussels. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:4324-4335. [PMID: 35293730 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although the impacts of ocean acidification and warming on marine organisms have been increasingly documented, little is known about the affecting mechanism underpinning their interactive impacts on physiological processes such as metabolism. Therefore, the effects of these two stressors on metabolism were investigated in thick-shell mussel Mytilus coruscus in this study. In addition, because metabolism is primarily regulated by circadian rhythm and neurotransmitters, the impacts of acidification and warming on these two regulatory processes were also analyzed. The data obtained demonstrated that the metabolism of mussels (indicated by the clearance rate, oxygen consumption rate, ammonia excretion rate, O:N ratio, ATP content, activity of pyruvate kinase, and expression of metabolism-related genes) were significantly affected by acidification and warming, resulting in a shortage of energy supply (indicated by the in vivo content of ATP). In addition, exposure to acidification and warming led to evident disruption in circadian rhythm (indicated by the heartrate and the expression rhythm of Per2, Cry, and BMAL1) and neurotransmitters (indicated by the activity of acetyl cholinesterase and in vivo contents of ACh, GABA, and DA). These findings suggest that circadian rhythms and neurotransmitters might be potential routes through which acidification and warming interactively affect the metabolism of mussels.
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- Yu Tang
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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- Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou 325005, P.R. China
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- Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou 325005, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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Dong YW, Liao ML, Han GD, Somero GN. An integrated, multi-level analysis of thermal effects on intertidal molluscs for understanding species distribution patterns. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 97:554-581. [PMID: 34713568 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Elucidating the physiological mechanisms that underlie thermal stress and discovering how species differ in capacities for phenotypic acclimatization and evolutionary adaptation to this stress is critical for understanding current latitudinal and vertical distribution patterns of species and for predicting their future state in a warming world. Such mechanistic analyses require careful choice of study systems (species and temperature-sensitive traits) and design of laboratory experiments that reflect the complexities of in situ conditions. Here, we critically review a wide range of studies of intertidal molluscs that provide mechanistic accounts of thermal effects across all levels of biological organization - behavioural, organismal, organ level, cellular, molecular, and genomic - and show how temperature-sensitive traits govern distribution patterns and capacities for coping with thermal stress. Comparisons of congeners from different thermal habitats are especially effective means for identifying adaptive variation. We employ these mechanistic analyses to illustrate how species differ in the severity of threats posed by rising temperature. Counterintuitively, we show that some of the most heat-tolerant species may be most threatened by increases in temperatures because of their small thermal safety margins and minimal abilities to acclimatize to higher temperatures. We discuss recent molecular biological and genomic studies that provide critical foundations for understanding the types of evolutionary changes in protein structure, RNA secondary structure, genome content, and gene expression capacities that underlie adaptation to temperature. Duplication of stress-related genes, as found in heat-tolerant molluscs, may provide enhanced capacity for coping with higher temperatures. We propose that the anatomical, behavioural, physiological, and genomic diversity found among intertidal molluscs, which commonly are of critical importance and high abundance in these ecosystems, makes this group of animals a highly appropriate study system for addressing questions about the mechanistic determinants of current and future distribution patterns of intertidal organisms.
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- Yun-Wei Dong
- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.,Function Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266235, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, 93950, U.S.A
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Emersion and Relative Humidity Modulate Stress Response and Recovery Dynamics in Juvenile Mussels ( Perna canaliculus). Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11090580. [PMID: 34564395 PMCID: PMC8468153 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11090580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The early stages of intertidal mussels, including the green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus, face both direct and indirect environmental threats. Stressors may influence physiological status and, ultimately, survival. An understanding of the nature of stress experienced is critical to inform conservation and aquaculture efforts. Here, we investigated oxidative stress dynamics in juvenile P. canaliculus in relation to emersion duration (1–20 h) and relative humidity (RH, 29–98%) by quantifying oxidative damage (protein carbonyls, lipid hydroperoxides, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine) and enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and reductase). Mussels held in low RH during emersion experienced severe water loss (>70%), high mortality (>80%) and increased oxidative damage (35–45% increase compared to control conditions), while mussels held at high RH were not impacted, even after 20 h of air exposure. Following re-immersion, reoxygenation stress resulted in further increases in damage markers in mussels that had experienced dryer emersion conditions; protective action of antioxidants increased steadily during the 10 h re-immersion period, apparently supporting a reduction in damage markers after 1–5 h of immersion. Clearly, conditions during emersion, as well as duration, substantially influence physiological performance and recovery of juvenile mussels. Successful recruitment to intertidal beds or survival in commercial aquaculture operations may be mediated by the nature of emersion stress experienced by these vulnerable juveniles.
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Miner CM, Burnaford JL, Ammann K, Becker BH, Fradkin SC, Ostermann-Kelm S, Smith JR, Whitaker SG, Raimondi PT. Latitudinal variation in long-term stability of North American rocky intertidal communities. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:2077-2093. [PMID: 34002377 PMCID: PMC8518646 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although long‐term ecological stability is often discussed as a community attribute, it is typically investigated at the species level (e.g. density, biomass), or as a univariate metric (e.g. species diversity). To provide a more comprehensive assessment of long‐term community stability, we used a multivariate similarity approach that included all species and their relative abundances. We used data from 74 sites sampled annually from 2006 to 2017 to examine broad temporal and spatial patterns of change within rocky intertidal communities along the west coast of North America. We explored relationships between community change (inverse of stability) and the following potential drivers of change/stability: (a) marine heatwave events; (b) three attributes of biodiversity: richness, diversity and evenness and (c) presence of the mussel, Mytilus californianus, a dominant space holder and foundation species in this system. At a broad scale, we found an inverse relationship between community stability and elevated water temperatures. In addition, we found substantial differences in stability among regions, with lower stability in the south, which may provide a glimpse into the patterns expected with a changing climate. At the site level, community stability was linked to high species richness and, perhaps counterintuitively, to low evenness, which could be a consequence of the dominance of mussels in this system. Synthesis. Assessments of long‐term stability at the whole‐community level are rarely done but are key to a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of climate change. In communities structured around a spatially dominant species, long‐term stability can be linked to the stability of this ‘foundation species’, as well as to traditional predictors, such as species richness.
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- C Melissa Miner
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- U.S. National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes Station, CA, USA
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- U.S. National Park Service, Olympic National Park, Port Angeles, WA, USA
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- U.S. National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Division, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
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- U.S. National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Moyen NE, Crane RL, Somero GN, Denny MW. A single heat-stress bout induces rapid and prolonged heat acclimation in the California mussel, Mytilus californianus. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20202561. [PMID: 33290677 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Climate change is not only causing steady increases in average global temperatures but also increasing the frequency with which extreme heating events occur. These extreme events may be pivotal in determining the ability of organisms to persist in their current habitats. Thus, it is important to understand how quickly an organism's heat tolerance can be gained and lost relative to the frequency with which extreme heating events occur in the field. We show that the California mussel, Mytilus californianus-a sessile intertidal species that experiences extreme temperature fluctuations and cannot behaviourally thermoregulate-can quickly (in 24-48 h) acquire improved heat tolerance after exposure to a single sublethal heat-stress bout (2 h at 30 or 35°C) and then maintain this improved tolerance for up to three weeks without further exposure to elevated temperatures. This adaptive response improved survival rates by approximately 75% under extreme heat-stress bouts (2 h at 40°C). To interpret these laboratory findings in an ecological context, we evaluated 4 years of mussel body temperatures recorded in the field. The majority (approx. 64%) of consecutive heat-stress bouts were separated by 24-48 h, but several consecutive heat bouts were separated by as much as 22 days. Thus, the ability of M. californianus to maintain improved heat tolerance for up to three weeks after a single sublethal heat-stress bout significantly improves their probability of survival, as approximately 33% of consecutive heat events are separated by 3-22 days. As a sessile animal, mussels likely evolved the capability to rapidly gain and slowly lose heat tolerance to survive the intermittent, and often unpredictable, heat events in the intertidal zone. This adaptive strategy will likely prove beneficial under the extreme heat events predicted with climate change.
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- Nicole E Moyen
- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Hemocytes released in seawater act as Trojan horses for spreading of bacterial infections in mussels. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19696. [PMID: 33184419 PMCID: PMC7665017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76677-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Global warming has been associated with increased episodes of mass mortality events in invertebrates, most notably in bivalves. Although the spread of pathogens is one of multiple factors that contribute to such mass mortality events, we don’t fully understand the pathophysiological consequences of sea warming on invertebrates. In this work, we show that in temperature stress conditions, circulating hemocytes in mussels leave the hemolymph to gain access to the intervalvar fluid before being released in seawater. External hemocytes can survive for several hours in seawater before entering other mussels. When infected by bacteria, externally-infected hemocytes can enter naive mussels and promote bacterial dissemination in the host. These results reveal the existence of a new opportunistic mechanism used by pathogens to disseminate in marine ecosystems. Such mechanisms may explain how thermal anomalies triggered by global warming can favor episodic mass mortality observed in recent years in marine ecosystem.
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Addis P, Angioni A, Pasquini V, Giglioli A, Andreotti V, Carboni S, Secci M. Flash flood simulation and valve behavior of Mytilus galloprovincialis measured with Hall sensors. Integr Zool 2020; 16:138-148. [PMID: 32644287 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mussels close their shell as a protective strategy and the quantification of this behavioral marker may represent an alarm signal when they are exposed to environmental stressors. In the present study, we investigated the ability of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis to recover and then the resilience or inertia of valve activity after a pulsing exposition to diverse levels of salinity (5, 10, 20, and 35 PSU as reference value). The trial simulated an event of drastic and sudden reduction of seawater salinity thus mimicking an event of flash flood from intense rain. Valve gaping and movements were measured in continuous cycle for 10 days using a customized magneto-electric device which uses Hall sensors. Results showed that under normal conditions of salinity (35 PSU), the general pattern of valve movements was a continuously open state with sporadic spikes indicating a closing motion. At salinity of 5, PSU mussels reacted by closing their valves, leading to a 77% mortality on the 4th day. At salinity of 10, PSU animals were observed with closed valves for the entire duration of the exposure and no mortality occurred, they showed a significant reduction in the valve activity once the reference value of salinity was re-established. In contrast, salinity of 20 PSU did not trigger a significant behavioral response. Interestingly, there no define rhythms of valve movements were recorded during salinity challenges.
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- Piero Addis
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Multiple stressor responses are regulated by sirtuins in Mytilus congeners. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 246:110719. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Moyen NE, Somero GN, Denny MW. Mussel acclimatization to high, variable temperatures is lost slowly upon transfer to benign conditions. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb222893. [PMID: 32457061 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.222893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Climate change is increasing the temperature variability animals face, and thermal acclimatization allows animals to adjust adaptively to this variability. Although the rate of heat acclimatization has received some study, little is known about how long these adaptive changes remain without continuing exposure to heat stress. This study explored the rate at which field acclimatization states are lost when temperature variability is minimized during constant submersion. California mussels (Mytilus californianus) with different acclimatization states were collected from high- and low-zone sites (∼12 versus ∼5°C daily temperature ranges, respectively) and then kept submerged at 15°C for 8 weeks. Each week, the cardiac thermal performance of mussels was measured as a metric of acclimatization state: critical (Tcrit) and flatline (Tflat) temperatures were recorded. Over 8 weeks of constant submersion, the mean Tcrit of high-zone mussels decreased by 1.07°C from baseline, but low-zone mussels' mean Tcrit was unchanged. High- and low-zone mussels' mean maximum heart rate (HR) and resting HR decreased ∼12 and 35%, respectively. Tflat was unchanged in both groups. These data suggest that Tcrit and HR are more physiologically plastic in response to the narrowing of an animal's daily temperature range than Tflat is, and that an animal's prior acclimatization state (high versus low) influences the acclimatory capacity of Tcrit Approximately 2 months were required for the cardiac thermal performance of the high-zone mussels to reach that of the low-zone mussels, suggesting that acclimatization to high and variable temperatures may persist long enough to enable these animals to cope with intermittent bouts of heat stress.
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- Nicole E Moyen
- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 94305, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 94305, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 94305, USA
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Moyen NE, Bump PA, Somero GN, Denny MW. Establishing typical values for hemocyte mortality in individual California mussels, Mytilus californianus. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 100:70-79. [PMID: 32135339 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hemocytes are immune cells in the hemolymph of invertebrates that play multiple roles in response to stressors; hemocyte mortality can thus serve as an indicator of overall animal health. However, previous research has often analyzed hemolymph samples pooled from several individuals, which precludes tracking individual responses to stressors over time. The ability to track individuals is important, however, because large inter-individual variation in response to stressors can confound the interpretation of pooled samples. Here, we describe protocols for analysis of inter- and intra-individual variability in hemocyte mortality across repeated hemolymph samples of California mussels, Mytilus californianus, free from typical abiotic stressors. To assess individual variability in hemocyte mortality with serial sampling, we created four groups of 15 mussels each that were repeatedly sampled four times: at baseline (time zero) and three subsequent times separated by either 24, 48, 72, or 168 h. Hemocyte mortality was assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) of cells stained with propidium iodide. Our study demonstrates that hemolymph can be repeatedly sampled from individual mussels without mortality; however, there is substantial inter- and intra-individual variability in hemocyte mortality through time that is partially dependent on the sampling interval. Across repeated samples, individual mussels' hemocyte mortality had, on average, a range of ~6% and a standard deviation of ~3%, which was minimized with sampling periods ≥72 h apart. Due to this intra-individual variability, obtaining ≥2 samples from a specimen will more accurately establish an individual's baseline. Pooled-sample means were similar to individual-sample means; however, pooled samples masked the individual variation in each group. Overall, these data lay the foundation for future work exploring individual mussels' temporal responses to various stressors on a cellular level.
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- Nicole E Moyen
- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, United States.
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, United States
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, United States
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, United States
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Collins CL, Burnett NP, Ramsey MJ, Wagner K, Zippay ML. Physiological responses to heat stress in an invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis depend on tidal habitat. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 154:104849. [PMID: 32056704 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mussels are ecologically important organisms that can survive in subtidal and intertidal zones where they experience thermal stress. We know little about how mussels from different tidal habitats respond to thermal stress. We used the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from separate subtidal and intertidal populations to test whether heart rate and indicators of potential aerobic (citrate synthase activity) and anaerobic (cytosolic malate dehydrogenase activity) metabolic capacity are affected by increased temperatures while exposed to air or submerged in water. Subtidal mussels were affected by warming when submerged in water (decreased heart rate) but showed no effect in air. In contrast, intertidal mussels were affected by exposure to air (increased anaerobic capacity) but not by warming. Overall, physiological responses of mussels to thermal stress were dependent on their tidal habitat. These results highlight the importance of considering the natural habitat of mussels when assessing their responses to environmental challenges.
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- Christina L Collins
- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA, 94928, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA, 94928, USA
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- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA, 94928, USA
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- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA, 94928, USA.
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Jiang Y, Jiao H, Sun P, Yin F, Tang B. Metabolic response of Scapharca subcrenata to heat stress using GC/MS-based metabolomics. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8445. [PMID: 32025378 PMCID: PMC6993748 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Marine mollusks are commonly subjected to heat stress. To evaluate the effects of heat stress on the physiological metabolism of the ark shell Scapharca subcrenata, clams were exposed to different high temperatures (24, 28 and 32 °C) for 72 h. The oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion rates were measured at 2, 12, 24, 48 and 72 h. The results indicated that the metabolic rates of the ark shell significantly increased with increasing heat stress, accompanied by mortalities in response to prolonged exposure. A metabolomics approach based on gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry was further applied to assess the changes of metabolites in the mantle of the ark shell at 32 °C. Moreover, multivariate and pathway analyses were conducted for the different metabolites. The results showed that the heat stress caused changes in energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, osmotic regulation, carbohydrate metabolism and lipid metabolism through different metabolic pathways. These results are consistent with the significant changes of oxygen consumption rate and ammonia excretion rate. The present study contributes to the understanding of the impacts of heat stress on intertidal bivalves and elucidates the relationship between individual-level responses and underlying molecular metabolic dynamics.
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- Yazhou Jiang
- East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Ningbo Academy of Ocean and Fishery, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Miller LP, Dowd WW. Repeatable patterns of small-scale spatial variation in intertidal mussel beds and their implications for responses to climate change. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2019; 236:110516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Moyen NE, Somero GN, Denny MW. Impact of heating rate on cardiac thermal tolerance in the California mussel, Mytilus californianus. J Exp Biol 2019; 222:jeb.203166. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Intertidal communities of wave-swept rocky shores have served as a powerful model system for experiments in ecology, and mussels (the dominant competitor for space in the mid-intertidal zone) play a central role in determining community structure in this physically stressful habitat. Consequently, our ability to account for mussels’ physiological responses to thermal stress affects ecologists’ abilities to predict the impacts of a warming climate on this ecosystem. Here, we examine the effect of heating rate on cardiac thermal tolerance in the ribbed mussel, Mytilus californianus, comparing populations from high and low sites in the intertidal zone where emersion duration leads to different mean daily heating rates. Two temperature-related cardiac variables were examined: 1) the critical temperature (Hcrit) at which heart rate (HR) precipitously declines, and 2) flatline temperature (FLT) where HR reaches zero. Mussels were heated in air at slow, moderate, and fast rates, and heart rate was measured via an infrared sensor affixed to the shell. Faster heating rates significantly increased Hcrit in high-, but not low-zone mussels, and Hcrit was higher in high vs. - mussels, especially at the fastest heating rate. By contrast, FLT did not differ between zones, and was minimally affected by heating rate. Since heating rate significantly impacted high- but not low-zone mussels’ cardiac thermal tolerance, realistic zone-specific heating rates must be used in laboratory tests if those tests are to provide accurate information for ecological models attempting to predict the effects of increasing temperature on intertidal communities.
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- Nicole E. Moyen
- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA
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Péden R, Rocher B, Chan P, Vaudry D, Poret A, Olivier S, Le Foll F, Bultelle F. Highly polluted life history and acute heat stress, a hazardous mix for blue mussels. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 135:594-606. [PMID: 30301078 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intertidal sessile organisms constitute through their life history unintended stress recorders. This study focuses on the impact of pollution on Mytilus edulis ability to cope with an additional stress. For this purpose, two acclimation stages to different temperatures were conducted before an acute stress exposure in mussels collected from a heavily polluted site. Gill proteomes were analyzed by 2DE and regulated proteins identified. Massive mortality was observed for organisms acclimated to colder temperatures. Despite this major difference, both groups shared a common response with a strong representation of proteoforms corresponding to "folding, sorting and degradation" processes. Nevertheless, surviving mussels exhibit a marked increase in protein degradation consistent with the observed decrease of cell defense proteins. Mussels acclimated to warmer temperature response is essentially characterized by an improved heat shock response. These results show the differential ability of mussels to face both pollution and acute heat stress, particularly for low-acclimated organisms.
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- Romain Péden
- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France; Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France.
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France
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- Platform in proteomics PISSARO IRIB, Rouen University, Normandy University, France
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- Platform in proteomics PISSARO IRIB, Rouen University, Normandy University, France; Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differenciation and Communication, INSERM U982, Rouen University, Normandy University, France
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Le Havre University, Normandy University, France
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Andrade M, De Marchi L, Pretti C, Chiellini F, Morelli A, Soares AMVM, Rocha RJM, Figueira E, Freitas R. Are the impacts of carbon nanotubes enhanced in Mytilus galloprovincialis submitted to air exposure? AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 202:163-172. [PMID: 30048902 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intertidal species are frequently exposed to environmental changes associated with multiple stressors, which they must either avoid or tolerate by developing physiological and biochemical strategies. Some of the natural environmental changes are related with the tidal cycle which forces organisms to tolerate the differences between an aquatic and an aerial environment. Furthermore, in these environments, organisms are also subjected to pollutants from anthropogenic sources. The present study evaluated the impacts in Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (0.01 mg/L MWCNTs) when continuously submersed or exposed to tides (5 h of low tide, 7 h of high tide) for 14 days. Our results demonstrated that mussels were physiologically and biochemically affected by MWCNTs, especially when exposed to tides. In fact, when only exposed to the carbon nanoparticles or only exposed to tides, the stress induced was not enough to activate mussels' antioxidant defenses which resulted in oxidative damage. However, when mussels were exposed to the combination of tides and MWCNTs increased metabolism was observed, associated with a possible higher production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to a significant increase in the activities of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, SOD and glutathione peroxide, GPx) and oxidized glutathione content (GSSG), preventing the occurrence of cellular damage, expressed as no lipid peroxidation (LPO) or protein carbonylation (PC). Therefore, organisms seemed to be able to tolerate MWCNTs and air exposure during tidal regime; however, the combination of both stressors induced higher oxidative stress. These findings indicate that the increasing presence of carbon nanoparticles in marine ecosystems can induce higher toxic impacts in intertidal organisms compared to organisms continuously submerged. Also, our results may indicate that air exposure can act as a cofounding factor on the assessment of different stressors in organisms living in coastal systems.
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- Madalena Andrade
- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, San Piero a Grado, Pisa, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Udr INSTM Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Udr INSTM Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Porter ET, Porter FS. A Strain Gauge Monitor (SGM) for Continuous Valve Gape Measurements in Bivalve Molluscs in Response to Laboratory Induced Diel-cycling Hypoxia and pH. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 30124658 DOI: 10.3791/57404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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An inexpensive, laboratory-based, strain gauge valve gape monitor (SGM) was developed to monitor the valve gape behavior of bivalve molluscs in response to diel-cycling hypoxia. A Wheatstone bridge was connected to strain gauges that were attached to the shells of oysters (Crassostrea virginica). The recorded signals allowed for the opening and closing of the bivalves to be recorded continuously over two-day periods of experimentally-induced diel-cycling hypoxia and diel-cycling changes in pH. Here, we describe a protocol for developing an inexpensive strain gauge monitor and describe, in an example laboratory experiment, how we used it to measure the valve gape behavior of Eastern oysters (C. virginica), in response to diel-cycling hypoxia and cyclical changes in pH. Valve gape was measured on oysters subjected to cyclical severe hypoxic (0.6 mg/L) dissolved oxygen conditions with and without cyclical changes in pH, cyclical mild hypoxic (1.7 mg/L) conditions and normoxic (7.3 mg/L) conditions. We demonstrate that when oysters encounter repeated diel cycles, they rapidly close their shells in response to severe hypoxia and close with a time lag to mild hypoxia. When normoxia is restored, they rapidly open again. Oysters did not respond to cyclical pH conditions superimposed on diel cycling severe hypoxia. At reduced oxygen conditions, more than one third of the oysters closed simultaneously. We demonstrate that oysters respond to diel-cycling hypoxia, which must be considered when assessing the behavior of bivalves to dissolved oxygen. The valve SGM can be used to assess responses of bivalve molluscs to changes in dissolved oxygen or contaminants. Sealing techniques to better seal the valve gape strain gauges from sea water need further improvement to increase the longevity of the sensors.
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- Elka T Porter
- Yale Gordon College of Arts & Sciences, University of Baltimore;
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Saarman NP, Kober KM, Simison WB, Pogson GH. Sequence-Based Analysis of Thermal Adaptation and Protein Energy Landscapes in an Invasive Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Genome Biol Evol 2018; 9:2739-2751. [PMID: 28985307 PMCID: PMC5647807 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Adaptive responses to thermal stress in poikilotherms plays an important role in determining competitive ability and species distributions. Amino acid substitutions that affect protein stability and modify the thermal optima of orthologous proteins may be particularly important in this context. Here, we examine a set of 2,770 protein-coding genes to determine if proteins in a highly invasive heat tolerant blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) contain signals of adaptive increases in protein stability relative to orthologs in a more cold tolerant M. trossulus. Such thermal adaptations might help to explain, mechanistically, the success with which the invasive marine mussel M. galloprovincialis has displaced native species in contact zones in the eastern (California) and western (Japan) Pacific. We tested for stabilizing amino acid substitutions in warm tolerant M. galloprovincialis relative to cold tolerant M. trossulus with a generalized linear model that compares in silico estimates of recent changes in protein stability among closely related congeners. Fixed substitutions in M. galloprovincialis were 3,180.0 calories per mol per substitution more stabilizing at genes with both elevated dN/dS ratios and transcriptional responses to heat stress, and 705.8 calories per mol per substitution more stabilizing across all 2,770 loci investigated. Amino acid substitutions concentrated in a small number of genes were more stabilizing in M. galloprovincialis compared with cold tolerant M. trossulus. We also tested for, but did not find, enrichment of a priori GO terms in genes with elevated dN/dS ratios in M. galloprovincialis. This might indicate that selection for thermodynamic stability is generic across all lineages, and suggests that the high change in estimated protein stability that we observed in M. galloprovincialis is driven by selection for extra stabilizing substitutions, rather than by higher incidence of selection in a greater number of genes in this lineage. Nonetheless, our finding of more stabilizing amino acid changes in the warm adapted lineage is important because it suggests that adaption for thermal stability has contributed to M. galloprovincialis’ superior tolerance to heat stress, and that pairing tests for positive selection and tests for transcriptional response to heat stress can identify candidates of protein stability adaptation.
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- Norah P Saarman
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz.,Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.,Institute for Computational Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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- Center for Comparative Genomics, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Maas DL, Prost S, Bi K, Smith LL, Armstrong EE, Aji LP, Toha AHA, Gillespie RG, Becking LE. Rapid divergence of mussel populations despite incomplete barriers to dispersal. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:1556-1571. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Diede L. Maas
- Department of Marine Animal Ecology; Wageningen University & Research; Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology; Stanford University; Stanford CA USA
- Department of Integrative Biology; Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics; University of California; Berkeley CA USA
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley CA USA
- Computational Genomics Resource Laboratory; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences; University of California; Berkley CA USA
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley CA USA
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- Research Centre for Oceanography; Indonesian Institute of Sciences; Jakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; University of California; Berkeley CA USA
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- Department of Marine Animal Ecology; Wageningen University & Research; Wageningen The Netherlands
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; University of California; Berkeley CA USA
- Wageningen Marine Research; Den Helder The Netherlands
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Lockwood BL, Julick CR, Montooth KL. Maternal loading of a small heat shock protein increases embryo thermal tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:4492-4501. [PMID: 29097593 PMCID: PMC5769566 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.164848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Maternal investment is likely to have direct effects on offspring survival. In oviparous animals whose embryos are exposed to the external environment, maternal provisioning of molecular factors like mRNAs and proteins may help embryos cope with sudden changes in the environment. Here, we sought to modify the maternal mRNA contribution to offspring embryos and test for maternal effects on acute thermal tolerance in early embryos of Drosophila melanogaster We drove in vivo overexpression of a small heat shock protein gene (Hsp23) in female ovaries and measured the effects of acute thermal stress on offspring embryonic survival and larval development. We report that overexpression of the Hsp23 gene in female ovaries produced offspring embryos with increased thermal tolerance. We also found that brief heat stress in the early embryonic stage (0-1 h old) caused decreased larval performance later in life (5-10 days old), as indexed by pupation height. Maternal overexpression of Hsp23 protected embryos against this heat-induced defect in larval performance. Our data demonstrate that transient products of single genes have large and lasting effects on whole-organism environmental tolerance. Further, our results suggest that maternal effects have a profound impact on offspring survival in the context of thermal variability.
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- Brent L Lockwood
- Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Gleason LU, Miller LP, Winnikoff JR, Somero GN, Yancey PH, Bratz D, Dowd WW. Thermal history and gape of individual Mytilus californianus correlate with oxidative damage and thermoprotective osmolytes. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:4292-4304. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.168450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The ability of animals to cope with environmental stress depends – in part – on past experience, yet knowledge of the factors influencing an individual's physiology in nature remains underdeveloped. We used an individual monitoring system to record body temperature and valve gaping behavior of rocky intertidal zone mussels (Mytilus californianus). Thirty individuals were selected from two mussel beds (wave-exposed and wave-protected) that differ in thermal regime. Instrumented mussels were deployed at two intertidal heights (near the lower and upper edges of the mussel zone) and in a continuously submerged tidepool. Following a 23-day monitoring period, measures of oxidative damage to DNA and lipids, antioxidant capacities (catalase activity and peroxyl radical scavenging) and tissue contents of organic osmolytes were obtained from gill tissue of each individual. Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated that inter-individual variation in cumulative thermal stress is a predominant driver of physiological variation. Thermal history over the outplant period was positively correlated with oxidative DNA damage. Thermal history was also positively correlated with tissue contents of taurine, a thermoprotectant osmolyte, and with activity of the antioxidant enzyme catalase. Origin site differences, possibly indicative of developmental plasticity, were only significant for catalase activity. Gaping behavior was positively correlated with tissue contents of two osmolytes. Overall, these results are some of the first to clearly demonstrate relationships between inter-individual variation in recent experience in the field and inter-individual physiological variation, in this case within mussel beds. Such micro-scale, environmentally mediated physiological differences should be considered in attempts to forecast biological responses to a changing environment.
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- Lani U. Gleason
- Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
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- San Jose State University, Department of Biological Sciences, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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- Whitman College, Biology Department, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA
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- Whitman College, Biology Department, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA
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- Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
- Washington State University, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Drake MJ, Miller NA, Todgham AE. The role of stochastic thermal environments in modulating the thermal physiology of an intertidal limpet, Lottia digitalis. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:3072-3083. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.159020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Much of our understanding of the thermal physiology of intertidal organisms comes from experiments with animals acclimated under constant conditions and exposed to a single heat stress. In nature, however, the thermal environment is more complex. Aerial exposure and the unpredictable nature of thermal stress during low tides may be critical factors in defining the thermal physiology of intertidal organisms. In the fingered limpet, Lottia digitalis, we investigated whether upper temperature tolerance and thermal sensitivity were influenced by the pattern of fluctuation with which thermal stress was applied. Specifically, we examined whether there was a differential response (measured as cardiac performance) to repeated heat stress of a constant and predictable magnitude compared with heat stress applied in a stochastic and unpredictable nature. We also investigated differences in cellular metabolism and damage following immersion for insights into biochemical mechanisms of tolerance. Upper temperature tolerance increased with aerial exposure, but no significant differences were found between predictable treatments of varying magnitudes (13°C versus 24°C versus 32°C). Significant differences in thermal tolerance were found between unpredictable trials with different heating patterns. There were no significant differences among treatments in basal citrate synthase activity, glycogen content, oxidative stress or antioxidants. Our results suggest that aerial exposure and recent thermal history, paired with relief from high low-tide temperatures, are important factors modulating the capacity of limpets to deal with thermal stress.
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- Madeline J. Drake
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Bible JM, Cheng BS, Chang AL, Ferner MC, Wasson K, Zabin CJ, Latta M, Sanford E, Deck A, Grosholz ED. Timing of stressors alters interactive effects on a coastal foundation species. Ecology 2017; 98:2468-2478. [PMID: 28653399 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The effects of climate-driven stressors on organismal performance and ecosystem functioning have been investigated across many systems; however, manipulative experiments generally apply stressors as constant and simultaneous treatments, rather than accurately reflecting temporal patterns in the natural environment. Here, we assessed the effects of temporal patterns of high aerial temperature and low salinity on survival of Olympia oysters (Ostrea lurida), a foundation species of conservation and restoration concern. As single stressors, low salinity (5 and 10 psu) and the highest air temperature (40°C) resulted in oyster mortality of 55.8, 11.3, and 23.5%, respectively. When applied on the same day, low salinity and high air temperature had synergistic negative effects that increased oyster mortality. This was true even for stressor levels that were relatively mild when applied alone (10 psu and 35°C). However, recovery times of two or four weeks between stressors eliminated the synergistic effects. Given that most natural systems threatened by climate change are subject to multiple stressors that vary in the timing of their occurrence, our results suggest that it is important to examine temporal variation of stressors in order to more accurately understand the possible biological responses to global change.
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- Jillian M Bible
- Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westshore Road, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA.,Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westshore Road, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA.,Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, San Francisco State University, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA.,Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA
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- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, San Francisco State University, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA
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- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, California, 95076, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA.,Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA
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- California State Coastal Conservancy, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, California, 94612, USA
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westshore Road, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA.,Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, San Francisco State University, 3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westshore Road, Bodega Bay, California, 94923, USA.,Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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Hasler CT, Hannan KD, Jeffrey JD, Suski CD. Valve movement of three species of North American freshwater mussels exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:15567-15575. [PMID: 28516355 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9160-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Freshwater mussels are at-risk taxa and may be exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) because of the potential use of CO2 to control the movement of invasive aquatic fish species. One potential behavioral response to a change in the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) may be altered valve movement. In this study, three species of mussels were fitted with modified sensors and exposed to two regimes of pCO2 to define thresholds of impaired valve movement. The first experiment demonstrated that Pyganodon grandis were much more tolerant to rising pCO2 relative to Lampsilis siliquoidea (acute closure at ∼200,000 μatm in comparison to ∼80,000 μatm). The second experiment consisted of monitoring mussels for 6 days and exposing them to elevated pCO2 (∼70,000 μatm) over a 2-day period. During exposure to high pCO2, Lampsilis cardium were open for nearly the entire high pCO2 period. Conversely, P. grandis were closed for most of the period following exposure to high pCO2. For L. siliquoidea, the number of closures decreased nearly 40-fold during high pCO2. The valve movement responses observed suggest species differences, and exposure to elevated pCO2 requires a reactive response.
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- Caleb T Hasler
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Jimenez AG, Jayawardene S, Alves S, Dallmer J, Dowd WW. Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 282:20152273. [PMID: 26645201 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The contributions of temporal and spatial environmental variation to physiological variation remain poorly resolved. Rocky intertidal zone populations are subjected to thermal variation over the tidal cycle, superimposed with micro-scale variation in individuals' body temperatures. Using the sea mussel (Mytilus californianus), we assessed the consequences of this micro-scale environmental variation for physiological variation among individuals, first by examining the latter in field-acclimatized animals, second by abolishing micro-scale environmental variation via common garden acclimation, and third by restoring this variation using a reciprocal outplant approach. Common garden acclimation reduced the magnitude of variation in tissue-level antioxidant capacities by approximately 30% among mussels from a wave-protected (warm) site, but it had no effect on antioxidant variation among mussels from a wave-exposed (cool) site. The field-acclimatized level of antioxidant variation was restored only when protected-site mussels were outplanted to a high, thermally stressful site. Variation in organismal oxygen consumption rates reflected antioxidant patterns, decreasing dramatically among protected-site mussels after common gardening. These results suggest a highly plastic relationship between individuals' genotypes and their physiological phenotypes that depends on recent environmental experience. Corresponding context-dependent changes in the physiological mean-variance relationships within populations complicate prediction of responses to shifts in environmental variability that are anticipated with global change.
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- Ana Gabriela Jimenez
- Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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- Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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- Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
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Miller LP, Dowd WW. Multimodal in situ datalogging quantifies inter-individual variation in thermal experience and persistent origin effects on gaping behavior among intertidal mussels (Mytilus californianus). J Exp Biol 2017; 220:4305-4319. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.164020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In complex habitats, environmental variation over small spatial scales can equal or exceed larger-scale gradients. This small-scale variation may allow motile organisms to mitigate stressful conditions by choosing benign microhabitats, whereas sessile organisms may rely on other behaviors to cope with environmental stresses in these variable environments. We developed a monitoring system to track body temperature, valve gaping behavior, and posture of individual mussels (Mytilus californianus) in field conditions in the rocky intertidal zone. Neighboring mussels’ body temperatures varied by up to 14°C during low tides. Valve gaping during low tide and postural adjustments, which could theoretically lower body temperature, were not commonly observed. Rather, gaping behavior followed a tidal rhythm at a warm, high intertidal site; this rhythm shifted to a circadian period at a low intertidal site and for mussels continuously submerged in a tidepool. However, individuals within a site varied considerably in time spent gaping when submerged. This behavioral variation could be attributed in part to persistent effects of mussels’ developmental environment. Mussels originating from a wave-protected, warm site gaped more widely, and they remained open for longer periods during high tide than mussels from a wave-exposed, cool site. Variation in behavior was modulated further by recent wave heights and body temperatures during the preceding low tide. These large ranges in body temperatures and durations of valve closure events – which coincide with anaerobic metabolism – support the conclusion that individuals experience “homogeneous” aggregations such as mussel beds in dramatically different fashion, ultimately contributing to physiological variation among neighbors.
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- Luke P. Miller
- San Jose State University, Department of Biological Sciences, 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, USA
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- Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
- Washington State University, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Response of Two Mytilids to a Heatwave: The Complex Interplay of Physiology, Behaviour and Ecological Interactions. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164330. [PMID: 27736896 PMCID: PMC5063473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Different combinations of behavioural and physiological responses may play a crucial role in the ecological success of species, notably in the context of biological invasions. The invasive mussel Xenostrobus securis has successfully colonised the inner part of the Galician Rias Baixas (NW Spain), where it co-occurs with the commercially-important mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. This study investigated the effect of a heatwave on the physiological and behavioural responses in monospecific or mixed aggregations of these species. In a mesocosm experiment, mussels were exposed to simulated tidal cycles and similar temperature conditions to those experienced in the field during a heat-wave that occurred in the summer of 2013, when field robo-mussels registered temperatures up to 44.5°C at low tide. The overall responses to stress differed markedly between the two species. In monospecific aggregations M. galloprovincialis was more vulnerable than X. securis to heat exposure during emersion. However, in mixed aggregations, the presence of the invader was associated with lower mortality in M. galloprovincialis. The greater sensitivity of M. galloprovincialis to heat exposure was reflected in a higher mortality level, greater induction of Hsp70 protein and higher rates of respiration and gaping activity, which were accompanied by a lower heart rate (bradycardia). The findings show that the invader enhanced the physiological performance of M. galloprovincialis, highlighting the importance of species interactions in regulating responses to environmental stress. Understanding the complex interactions between ecological factors and physiological and behavioural responses of closely-related species is essential for predicting the impacts of invasions in the context of future climate change.
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Dowd WW, King FA, Denny MW. Thermal variation, thermal extremes and the physiological performance of individuals. J Exp Biol 2015; 218:1956-67. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.114926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In this review we consider how small-scale temporal and spatial variation in body temperature, and biochemical/physiological variation among individuals, affect the prediction of organisms' performance in nature. For ‘normal’ body temperatures – benign temperatures near the species' mean – thermal biology traditionally uses performance curves to describe how physiological capabilities vary with temperature. However, these curves, which are typically measured under static laboratory conditions, can yield incomplete or inaccurate predictions of how organisms respond to natural patterns of temperature variation. For example, scale transition theory predicts that, in a variable environment, peak average performance is lower and occurs at a lower mean temperature than the peak of statically measured performance. We also demonstrate that temporal variation in performance is minimized near this new ‘optimal’ temperature. These factors add complexity to predictions of the consequences of climate change. We then move beyond the performance curve approach to consider the effects of rare, extreme temperatures. A statistical procedure (the environmental bootstrap) allows for long-term simulations that capture the temporal pattern of extremes (a Poisson interval distribution), which is characterized by clusters of events interspersed with long intervals of benign conditions. The bootstrap can be combined with biophysical models to incorporate temporal, spatial and physiological variation into evolutionary models of thermal tolerance. We conclude with several challenges that must be overcome to more fully develop our understanding of thermal performance in the context of a changing climate by explicitly considering different forms of small-scale variation. These challenges highlight the need to empirically and rigorously test existing theories.
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- W. Wesley Dowd
- Loyola Marymount University, Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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Nishizaki MT, Barron S, Carew E. Thermal stress increases fluctuating asymmetry in marine mussels: environmental variation and developmental instability. Ecosphere 2015. [DOI: 10.1890/es14-00399.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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2-DE Mapping of the Blue Mussel Gill Proteome: The Usual Suspects Revisited. Proteomes 2015; 3:3-41. [PMID: 28248261 PMCID: PMC5302490 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes3010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis, L. 1758) is an ecologically important and commercially relevant bivalve. Because of its ability to bioconcentrate xenobiotics, it is also a widespread sentinel species for environmental pollution, which has been used in ecotoxicological studies for biomarker assessment. Consequently, numerous proteomics studies have been carried out in various research contexts using mussels of the genus Mytilus, which intended to improve our understanding of complex physiological processes related to reproduction, adaptation to physical stressors or shell formation and for biomarker discovery. Differential-display 2-DE proteomics relies on an extensive knowledge of the proteome with as many proteoforms identified as possible. To this end, extensive characterization of proteins was performed in order to increase our knowledge of the Mytilus gill proteome. On average, 700 spots were detected on 2-DE gels by colloidal blue staining, of which 122 different, non-redundant proteins comprising 203 proteoforms could be identified by tandem mass spectrometry. These proteins could be attributed to four major categories: (i) “metabolism”, including antioxidant defence and degradation of xenobiotics; (ii) “genetic information processing”, comprising transcription and translation as well as folding, sorting, repair and degradation; (iii) “cellular processes”, such as cell motility, transport and catabolism; (iv) “environmental information processing”, including signal transduction and signalling molecules and interaction. The role of cytoskeleton proteins, energetic metabolism, chaperones/stress proteins, protein trafficking and the proteasome are discussed in the light of the exigencies of the intertidal environment, leading to an enhanced stress response, as well as the structural and physiological particularities of the bivalve gill tissue.
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Marshall KE, Sinclair BJ. The relative importance of number, duration and intensity of cold stress events in determining survival and energetics of an overwintering insect. Funct Ecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Katie E. Marshall
- Department of Biology University of Western Ontario Biological & Geological Sciences Building London ON N6A 5B7 Canada
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- Department of Biology University of Western Ontario Biological & Geological Sciences Building London ON N6A 5B7 Canada
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Kroeker KJ, Gaylord B, Hill TM, Hosfelt JD, Miller SH, Sanford E. The role of temperature in determining species' vulnerability to ocean acidification: a case study using Mytilus galloprovincialis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100353. [PMID: 24984016 PMCID: PMC4077567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Ocean acidification (OA) is occurring across a backdrop of concurrent environmental changes that may in turn influence species' responses to OA. Temperature affects many fundamental biological processes and governs key reactions in the seawater carbonate system. It therefore has the potential to offset or exacerbate the effects of OA. While initial studies have examined the combined impacts of warming and OA for a narrow range of climate change scenarios, our mechanistic understanding of the interactive effects of temperature and OA remains limited. Here, we use the blue mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, as a model species to test how OA affects the growth of a calcifying invertebrate across a wide range of temperatures encompassing their thermal optimum. Mussels were exposed in the laboratory to a factorial combination of low and high pCO2 (400 and 1200 µatm CO2) and temperatures (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 24°C) for one month. Results indicate that the effects of OA on shell growth are highly dependent on temperature. Although high CO2 significantly reduced mussel growth at 14°C, this effect gradually lessened with successive warming to 20°C, illustrating how moderate warming can mediate the effects of OA through temperature's effects on both physiology and seawater geochemistry. Furthermore, the mussels grew thicker shells in warmer conditions independent of CO2 treatment. Together, these results highlight the importance of considering the physiological and geochemical interactions between temperature and carbonate chemistry when interpreting species' vulnerability to OA.
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- Kristy J. Kroeker
- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
- Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
- Department of Geology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America
- Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Fields PA, Eurich C, Gao WL, Cela B. Changes in protein expression in the salt marsh mussel Geukensia demissa: evidence for a shift from anaerobic to aerobic metabolism during prolonged aerial exposure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 217:1601-12. [PMID: 24501137 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.101758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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During aerial exposure (emersion), most sessile intertidal invertebrates experience cellular stress caused by hypoxia, and the amount and types of hypoxia-induced stress will differ as exposure time increases, likely leading to altered metabolic responses. We examined proteomic responses to increasing emersion times and decreasing recovery (immersion) times in the mussel Geukensia demissa, which occurs in salt marshes along the east coast of North America. Individuals are found above mean tide level, and can be emersed for over 18 h during spring tides. We acclimated mussels to full immersion at 15°C for 4 weeks, and compared changes in gill protein expression between groups of mussels that were continually immersed (control), were emersed for 6 h and immersed during recovery for 18 h (6E/18R), were emersed for 12 h and recovered for 12 h (12E/12R), or were emersed for 18 h with a 6 h recovery (18E/6R). We found clear differences in protein expression patterns among the treatments. Proteins associated with anaerobic fermentation increased in abundance in 6E/18R but not in 12E/12R or 18E/6R. Increases in oxidative stress proteins were most apparent in 12E/12R, and in 18E/6R changes in cytoskeletal protein expression predominated. We conclude that G. demissa alters its strategy for coping with emersion stress over time, relying on anaerobic metabolism for short- to medium-duration exposure, but switching to an air-gaping strategy for long-term exposure, which reduces hypoxia stress but may cause structural damage to gill tissue.
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- Peter A Fields
- Biology Department, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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