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Zenteno-Devaud L, Aguirre-Martinez GV, Andrade C, Cárdenas L, Pardo LM, González HE, Garrido I. Feeding Ecology of Odontaster validus under Different Environmental Conditions in the West Antarctic Peninsula. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11121723. [PMID: 36552233 PMCID: PMC9775070 DOI: 10.3390/biology11121723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To study how Odontaster validus can influence the spatial structure of Antarctic benthic communities and how they respond to disturbance, it is necessary to assess potential dietary shifts in different habitats. We investigated the diets of O. validus from Maxwell Bay and South Bay in the West Antarctic Peninsula. A multifaceted approach was applied including in situ observations of cardiac stomach everted contents, isotopic niche, and trophic diversity metrics. Results confirm the flexible foraging strategy of this species under markedly different environmental conditions, suggesting plasticity in resource use. The data also showed evidence of isotopic niche expansion, high δ15N values, and Nacella concinna as a common food item for individuals inhabiting a site with low seasonal sea ice (Ardley Cove), which could have significant ecological implications such as new trophic linkages within the Antarctic benthic community. These results highlight the importance of considering trophic changes of key species to their environment as multiple ecological factors can vary as a function of climatic conditions.
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- Lisette Zenteno-Devaud
- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4081112, Chile
- Correspondence: (L.Z.-D.); (G.V.A.-M.)
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique 1110939, Chile
- Correspondence: (L.Z.-D.); (G.V.A.-M.)
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210738, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
- Centro FONDAP de Investigación de Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
- Centro FONDAP de Investigación de Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
- Centro FONDAP de Investigación de Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
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- Centro FONDAP de Investigación de Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
- Laboratorio Costero de Recursos Acuáticos de Calfuco (LCRAC), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, Chile
- Québec-Océan, Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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Guillaumot C, Belmaker J, Buba Y, Fourcy D, Dubois P, Danis B, Le Moan E, Saucède T. Classic or hybrid? The performance of next generation ecological models to study the response of Southern Ocean species to changing environmental conditions. DIVERS DISTRIB 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Charlène Guillaumot
- Marine Biology Lab Université Libre de Bruxelles Bruxelles Belgium
- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRS Université Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Dijon France
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
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- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystem Health, INRAE Rennes France
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- Marine Biology Lab Université Libre de Bruxelles Bruxelles Belgium
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- Marine Biology Lab Université Libre de Bruxelles Bruxelles Belgium
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- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRS Université Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Dijon France
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- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRS Université Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Dijon France
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Lavaud R, Filgueira R, Augustine S. The role of Dynamic Energy Budgets in conservation physiology. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 9:coab083. [PMID: 34707875 PMCID: PMC8545044 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The contribution of knowledge, concepts and perspectives from physiological ecology to conservation decision-making has become critical for understanding and acting upon threats to the persistence of sensitive species. Here we review applications of dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory to conservation issues and discuss how this theory for metabolic organization of all life on earth (from bacteria to whales) is well equipped to support current and future investigations in conservation research. DEB theory was first invented in 1979 in an applied institution for environmental quality assessment and mitigation. The theory has since undergone extensive development and applications. An increasing number of studies using DEB modelling have provided valuable insights and predictions in areas that pertain to conservation such as species distribution, evolutionary biology, toxicological impacts and ecosystem management. We discuss why DEB theory, through its mechanistic nature, its universality and the wide range of outcomes it can provide represents a valuable tool to tackle some of the current and future challenges linked to maintaining biodiversity, ensuring species survival, ecotoxicology, setting water and soil quality standards and restoring ecosystem structure and functioning in a changing environment under the pressure of anthropogenic driven changes.
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- Romain Lavaud
- School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Akvaplan-niva, Fram High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø 9296, Norway
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Using correlative and mechanistic niche models to assess the sensitivity of the Antarctic echinoid Sterechinus neumayeri to climate change. Polar Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-021-02886-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Di Giglio S, Agüera A, Pernet P, M'Zoudi S, Angulo-Preckler C, Avila C, Dubois P. Effects of ocean acidification on acid-base physiology, skeleton properties, and metal contamination in two echinoderms from vent sites in Deception Island, Antarctica. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 765:142669. [PMID: 33268256 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Antarctic surface waters are expected to be the first to experience severe ocean acidification (OA) with carbonate undersaturation and large decreases in pH forecasted before the end of this century. Due to the long stability in environmental conditions and the relatively low daily and seasonal variations to which they are exposed, Antarctic marine organisms, especially those with a supposedly poor machinery to eliminate CO2 and protons and with a heavily calcified skeleton like echinoderms, are hypothesized as highly vulnerable to these environmental shifts. The opportunities offered by the natural pH gradient generated by vent activities in Deception Island caldera, Western Antarctic Peninsula, were used to investigate for the first time the acid-base physiologies, the impact of OA on the skeleton and the impact of pH on metal accumulation in the Antarctic sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri. The two species were sampled in four stations within the caldera, two at pH (total scale) 8.0-8.1 and two at reduced pH 7.8. Measured variables were pH, alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon of the coelomic fluid; characteristic fracture force, stress and Young's modulus using Weibull statistics and Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn concentrations in the integument, gonads and digestive system. Recorded acid-base characteristics of both studied species fit in the general picture deduced from temperate and tropical sea stars and sea urchins but conditions and possibly confounding factors, principally food availability and quality, in the studied stations prevented definitive conclusions. Reduced seawater pH 7.8 and metals had almost no impact on the skeleton mechanical properties of the two investigated species despite very high Cd concentrations in O. validus integument. Reduced pH was correlated to increased contamination by most metals but this relation was weak. Translocation and caging experiments taking into account food parameters are proposed to better understand future processes linked to ocean acidification and metal contamination in Antarctic echinoderms.
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- S Di Giglio
- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium; Institute of Marine Research in Norway, Austevoll Research Station, Sauganeset 16, 5392, Norway
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/15, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Guillaumot C, Saucède T, Morley SA, Augustine S, Danis B, Kooijman S. Can DEB models infer metabolic differences between intertidal and subtidal morphotypes of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)? Ecol Modell 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Annelid polychaetes experience metabolic acceleration as other Lophotrochozoans: Inferences on the life cycle of Arenicola marina with a Dynamic Energy Budget model. Ecol Modell 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Moreau C, Danis B, Jossart Q, Eléaume M, Sands C, Achaz G, Agüera A, Saucède T. Is reproductive strategy a key factor in understanding the evolutionary history of Southern Ocean Asteroidea (Echinodermata)? Ecol Evol 2019; 9:8465-8478. [PMID: 31410254 PMCID: PMC6686340 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Life traits such as reproductive strategy can be determining factors of species evolutionary history and explain the resulting diversity patterns. This can be investigated using phylogeographic analyses of genetic units. In this work, the genetic structure of five asteroid genera with contrasting reproductive strategies (brooding: Diplasterias, Notasterias and Lysasterias versus broadcasting: Psilaster and Bathybiaster) was investigated in the Southern Ocean. Over 1,400 mtDNA cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences were analysed using five species delineation methods (ABGD, ASAP, mPTP, sGMYC and mGMYC), two phylogenetic reconstructions (ML and BA), and molecular clock calibrations, in order to examine the weight of reproductive strategy in the observed differences among phylogeographic patterns. We hypothesised that brooding species would show higher levels of genetic diversity and species richness along with a clearer geographic structuring than broadcasting species. In contrast, genetic diversity and species richness were not found to be significantly different between brooders and broadcasters, but broadcasters are less spatially structured than brooders supporting our initial hypothesis and suggesting more complex evolutionary histories associated to this reproductive strategy. Broadcasters' phylogeography can be explained by different scenarios including deep-sea colonisation routes, bipolarity or cosmopolitanism, and sub-Antarctic emergence for the genus Bathybiaster; Antarctic- New Zealand faunal exchanges across the Polar Front for the genus Psilaster. Brooders' phylogeography could support the previously formulated hypothesis of a past trans-Antarctic seaway established between the Ross and the Weddell seas during the Plio-Pleistocene. Our results also show, for the first time, that the Weddell Sea is populated by a mixed asteroid fauna originating from both the East and West Antarctic.
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- Camille Moreau
- Marine Biology LabUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Belgium
- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRSUniversité Bourgogne Franche‐ComtéDijonFrance
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- Marine Biology LabUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Belgium
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- Marine Biology LabUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Belgium
- Marine BiologyVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)BrusselsBelgium
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRSSorbonne UniversitéParisFrance
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- Natural Environment Research CouncilBritish Antarctic SurveyCambridgeUK
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRSSorbonne UniversitéParisFrance
- Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie (CIRB), CNRSINSERM, Collège de FranceParisFrance
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- Marine Biology LabUniversité Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Belgium
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- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRSUniversité Bourgogne Franche‐ComtéDijonFrance
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Michel LN, Danis B, Dubois P, Eleaume M, Fournier J, Gallut C, Jane P, Lepoint G. Increased sea ice cover alters food web structure in East Antarctica. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8062. [PMID: 31147605 PMCID: PMC6542827 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44605-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In recent years, sea ice cover along coasts of East Antarctica has tended to increase. To understand ecological implications of these environmental changes, we studied benthic food web structure on the coasts of Adélie Land during an event of unusually high sea ice cover (i.e. two successive austral summers without seasonal breakup). We used integrative trophic markers (stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur) to build ecological models and explored feeding habits of macroinvertebrates. In total, 28 taxa spanning most present animal groups and functional guilds were investigated. Our results indicate that the absence of seasonal sea ice breakup deeply influenced benthic food webs. Sympagic algae dominated the diet of many key consumers, and the trophic levels of invertebrates were low, suggesting omnivore consumers did not rely much on predation and/or scavenging. Our results provide insights about how Antarctic benthic consumers, which typically live in an extremely stable environment, might adapt their feeding habits in response to sudden changes in environmental conditions and trophic resource availability. They also show that local and/or global trends of sea ice increase in Antarctica have the potential to cause drastic changes in food web structure, and therefore to impact benthic communities.
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- Loïc N Michel
- Laboratory of Oceanology, Freshwater and Oceanic Sciences Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège (ULg), Liège, Belgium. .,Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, REM/EEP, Laboratoire Environnement Profond, Plouzané, France.
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- Marine Biology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Marine Biology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Paris, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7208 BOREA, Biological Marine Station, National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), Concarneau, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, MNHN, EPHE, Station marine de Concarneau, Concarneau, France
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- Laboratory of Oceanology, Freshwater and Oceanic Sciences Unit of reSearch (FOCUS), University of Liège (ULg), Liège, Belgium
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Dell'Acqua O, Ferrando S, Chiantore M, Asnaghi V. The impact of ocean acidification on the gonads of three key Antarctic benthic macroinvertebrates. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 210:19-29. [PMID: 30818112 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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CO2 atmospheric pressure is increasing since industrial revolution, leading to a lowering of the ocean surface water pH, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification, with several reported effects on individual species and cascading effects on marine ecosystems. Despite the great amount of literature on ocean acidification effects on calcifying organisms, the response of their reproductive system still remains poorly known. In the present study, we investigated the histopathological effects of low pH on the gonads of three key macroinvertebrates of the Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea) littoral area: the sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri, the sea star Odontaster validus and the scallop Adamussium colbecki. After 1 month of exposure at control (8.12) and reduced (7.8 and 7.6) pH levels, we dissected the gonads and performed histological analyses to detect potential differences among treatments. Results showed significant effects on reproductive conditions of A. colbecki and S. neumayeri, while O. validus did not show any kind of alteration. Present results reinforce the need to focus on ocean acidification effects on soft tissues, particularly the gonads, whose damage may exert large effects on the individual fitness, with cascading effects on the population dynamic of the species.
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- Ombretta Dell'Acqua
- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DiSTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DiSTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DiSTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DiSTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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Campos-Candela A, Palmer M, Balle S, Álvarez A, Alós J. A mechanistic theory of personality-dependent movement behaviour based on dynamic energy budgets. Ecol Lett 2018; 22:213-232. [PMID: 30467933 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Consistent between-individual differences in movement are widely recognised across taxa. In addition, foraging plasticity at the within-individual level suggests a behavioural dependency on the internal energy demand. Because behaviour co-varies with fast-slow life history (LH) strategies in an adaptive context, as theoretically predicted by the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis, mass/energy fluxes should link behaviour and its plasticity with physiology at both between- and within-individual levels. However, a mechanistic framework driving these links in a fluctuating ecological context is lacking. Focusing on home range behaviour, we propose a novel behavioural-bioenergetics theoretical model to address such complexities at the individual level based on energy balance. We propose explicit mechanistic links between behaviour, physiology/metabolism and LH by merging two well-founded theories, the movement ecology paradigm and the dynamic energetic budget theory. Overall, our behavioural-bioenergetics model integrates the mechanisms explaining how (1) behavioural between- and within-individual variabilities connect with internal state variable dynamics, (2) physiology and behaviour are explicitly interconnected by mass/energy fluxes, and (3) different LHs may arise from both behavioural and physiological variabilities in a given ecological context. Our novel theoretical model reveals encouraging opportunities for empiricists and theoreticians to delve into the eco-evolutionary processes that favour or hinder the development of between-individual differences in behaviour and the evolution of personality-dependent movement syndromes.
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- Andrea Campos-Candela
- Department of Marine Ecology, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain.,Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P. O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain.,Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin, Germany
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A dynamic energy budget model to describe the reproduction and growth of invasive starfish Asterias amurensis in southeast Australia. Biol Invasions 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1676-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Agüera A, Ahn IY, Guillaumot C, Danis B. A Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model to describe Laternula elliptica (King, 1832) seasonal feeding and metabolism. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183848. [PMID: 28850607 PMCID: PMC5574559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Antarctic marine organisms are adapted to an extreme environment, characterized by a very low but stable temperature and a strong seasonality in food availability arousing from variations in day length. Ocean organisms are particularly vulnerable to global climate change with some regions being impacted by temperature increase and changes in primary production. Climate change also affects the biotic components of marine ecosystems and has an impact on the distribution and seasonal physiology of Antarctic marine organisms. Knowledge on the impact of climate change in key species is highly important because their performance affects ecosystem functioning. To predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, a holistic understanding of the life history and physiology of Antarctic key species is urgently needed. DEB (Dynamic Energy Budget) theory captures the metabolic processes of an organism through its entire life cycle as a function of temperature and food availability. The DEB model is a tool that can be used to model lifetime feeding, growth, reproduction, and their responses to changes in biotic and abiotic conditions. In this study, we estimate the DEB model parameters for the bivalve Laternula elliptica using literature-extracted and field data. The DEB model we present here aims at better understanding the biology of L. elliptica and its levels of adaptation to its habitat with a special focus on food seasonality. The model parameters describe a metabolism specifically adapted to low temperatures, with a low maintenance cost and a high capacity to uptake and mobilise energy, providing this organism with a level of energetic performance matching that of related species from temperate regions. It was also found that L. elliptica has a large energy reserve that allows enduring long periods of starvation. Additionally, we applied DEB parameters to time-series data on biological traits (organism condition, gonad growth) to describe the effect of a varying environment in food and temperature on the organism condition and energy use. The DEB model developed here for L. elliptica allowed us to improve benchmark knowledge on the ecophysiology of this key species, providing new insights in the role of food availability and temperature on its life cycle and reproduction strategy.
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- Antonio Agüera
- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine CP160/15. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine CP160/15. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine CP160/15. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Byrne M, Gall M, Wolfe K, Agüera A. From pole to pole: the potential for the Arctic seastar Asterias amurensis to invade a warming Southern Ocean. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2016; 22:3874-3887. [PMID: 27029504 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Due to climatic warming, Asterias amurensis, a keystone boreal predatory seastar that has established extensive invasive populations in southern Australia, is a potential high-risk invader of the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic. To assess the potential range expansion of A. amurensis to the Southern Ocean as it warms, we investigated the bioclimatic envelope of the adult and larval life stages. We analysed the distribution of adult A. amurensis with respect to present-day and future climate scenarios using habitat temperature data to construct species distribution models (SDMs). To integrate the physiological response of the dispersive phase, we determined the thermal envelope of larval development to assess their performance in present-day and future thermal regimes and the potential for success of A. amurensis in poleward latitudes. The SDM indicated that the thermal 'niche' of the adult stage correlates with a 0-17 °C and 1-22.5 °C range, in winter and summer, respectively. As the ocean warms, the range of A. amurensis in Australia will contract, while more southern latitudes will have conditions favourable for range expansion. Successful fertilization occurred from 3 to 23.8 °C. By day 12, development to the early larval stage was successful from 5.5 to 18 °C. Although embryos were able to reach the blastula stage at 2 °C, they had arrested development and high mortality. The optimal thermal range for survival of pelagic stages was 3.5-19.2 °C with a lower and upper critical limit of 2.6 and 20.3 °C, respectively. Our data predict that A. amurensis faces demise in its current invasive range while more favourable conditions at higher latitudes would facilitate invasion of both larval and adult stages to the Southern Ocean. Our results show that vigilance is needed to reduce the risk that this ecologically important Arctic carnivore may invade the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Byrne
- Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
| | - Kennedy Wolfe
- School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
| | - Antonio Agüera
- Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 501050, Belgium
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