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Saavedra LM, Bastías M, Mendoza P, Lagos NA, García-Herrera C, Ponce V, Alvarez F, Llanos-Rivera A. Environmental correlates of oyster farming in an upwelling system: Implication upon growth, biomass production, shell strength and organic composition. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 198:106489. [PMID: 38640688 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Comprehending the potential effects of environmental variability on bivalves aquaculture becomes crucial for its sustainability under climate change scenarios, specially in the Humboldt Current System (HCS) where upwelling intensification leading to frequent hypoxia and acidification is expected. In a year-long study, Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) were monitored at two depths (1.5m, 6.5m) in a bay affected by coastal upwelling. Surface waters exhibited warmer, well-oxygenated conditions and higher chlorophyll-a concentrations, while at depth greater hypoxia and acidification events occur, especially during upwelling. Surface cultured oysters exhibited 60 % larger size and 35% greater weight due to faster growth rate during the initial month of cultivation. The condition index (CI) increases in surface oysters after 10 months, whereas those at the bottom maintain a lower index. Food availability, temperature, and oxygen, correlates with higher growth rates, while pH associates with morphometric variables, indicating that larger oysters tend to develop under higher pH. Increased upwelling generally raises CI, but bottom oysters face stressful conditions such as hypoxia and acidification, resulting in lower performance. However, they acclimate by changing the organic composition of their shells and making them stronger. This study suggests that under intensified upwelling scenario, oysters would grow slowly, resulting in smaller sizes and lower performance, but the challenges may be confronted through complex compensation mechanisms among biomass production and maintenance of the shell structure and function. This poses a significant challenge for the sustainability of the aquaculture industry, emphasizing the need for adaptive strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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- Luisa M Saavedra
- Department of Aquatic Systems and EULA Environmental Science Center, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Concepción, Chile.
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- Oceanography department, Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Science, University of Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Aquatic Systems and EULA Environmental Science Center, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Concepción, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático (CiiCC), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile; Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera (SECOS), Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biomecánica y Biomateriales, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático (CiiCC), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biomecánica y Biomateriales, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Oceanography department, Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Science, University of Concepción, Chile
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Carroll JM, de la Torre W, Kelly JL. Submarine groundwater discharge interacts with creek geomorphology to affect eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica growth rates in a coastal Georgia creek. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15837. [PMID: 37554337 PMCID: PMC10405797 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, are commercially important coastal species that provide many ecosystem services for coastal communities. Unfortunately, 85% of oyster reefs have been lost globally, prompting investments in restoration efforts to rebuild populations. Managers often consider several well-studied environmental and water quality parameters when making restoration site decisions. However, recent research suggests that submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) may play a role in driving the distribution of oysters in some estuaries. Specifically, SGD may result in localized areas of low dissolved oxygen and low pH that could inhibit oyster recruitment and survival. However, SGD may interact with other potential oyster stressors, including creek geomorphology. On point bars, sediment accumulation could alter growth rates of oysters and physiology, and it is possible that the two factors, SGD and creek geomorphology, could interact to impact oyster growth. We conducted a field experiment to examine the effects of SGD and creek geomorphology on oyster growth rates in a marsh-lined tidal creek in Georgia, USA. High and low SGD sites were paired within point bars and cut banks. Oysters were deployed in cages for 72 days and growth rates were determined. We found a significant interaction between SGD and creek geomorphology on oyster growth rates. Oysters grew at significantly faster rates at locations on accretionary point bars regardless of SGD flux, whereas, on erosional cut banks, high SGD flux significantly reduced oyster growth rate relative to low SGD flux. It appears that SGD may negatively influence oyster growth at specific creek locations, likely due to the presence of other stressors. Therefore, it is important to consider potential interacting and confounding stressors when managing oyster populations. As SGD is still a relatively understudied potential stressor for oysters, it is critical to continue to examine how groundwater might influence oysters in other locations and in combination with other stressors. Regardless, this study provides further evidence that SGD should be considered in future management efforts.
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- John M. Carroll
- Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States
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- Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States
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- Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States
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Tomasetti SJ, Hallinan BD, Tettelbach ST, Volkenborn N, Doherty OW, Allam B, Gobler CJ. Warming and hypoxia reduce the performance and survival of northern bay scallops (Argopecten irradians irradians) amid a fishery collapse. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:2092-2107. [PMID: 36625070 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Warming temperatures and diminishing dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations are among the most pervasive drivers of global coastal change. While regions of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are experiencing greater than average warming, the combined effects of thermal and hypoxic stress on marine life in this region are poorly understood. Populations of the northern bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians across the northeast United States have experienced severe declines in recent decades. This study used a combination of high-resolution (~1 km) satellite-based temperature records, long-term temperature and DO records, field and laboratory experiments, and high-frequency measures of scallop cardiac activity in an ecosystem setting to quantify decadal summer warming and assess the vulnerability of northern bay scallops to thermal and hypoxic stress across their geographic distribution. From 2003 to 2020, significant summer warming (up to ~0.2°C year-1 ) occurred across most of the bay scallop range. At a New York field site in 2020, all individuals perished during an 8-day estuarine heatwave that coincided with severe diel-cycling hypoxia. Yet at a Massachusetts site with comparable DO levels but lower daily mean temperatures, mortality was not observed. A 96-h laboratory experiment recreating observed daily temperatures of 25 or 29°C, and normoxia or hypoxia (22.2% air saturation), revealed a 120-fold increased likelihood of mortality in the 29°C-hypoxic treatment compared with control conditions, with scallop clearance rates also reduced by 97%. Cardiac activity measurements during a field deployment indicated that low DO and elevated daily temperatures modulate oxygen consumption rates and likely impact aerobic scope. Collectively, these findings suggest that concomitant thermal and hypoxic stress can have detrimental effects on scallop physiology and survival and potentially disrupt entire fisheries. Recovery of hypoxic systems may benefit vulnerable fisheries under continued warming.
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Southampton, New York, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Southampton, New York, USA
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Pruett JL, Pandelides AF, Keylon J, Willett KL, Showalter Otts S, Gochfeld DJ. Life‐stage‐dependent effects of multiple flood‐associated stressors on a coastal foundational species. Ecosphere 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Jessica L. Pruett
- National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences University of Mississippi, University Mississippi USA
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Lebata-Ramos MJHL, Dionela CS, Solis EFD, Mediavilla JP, Sibonga RC, Novilla SRM. Settlement of oyster Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) spat in the natural environment: seasonality and substrate texture preference. MOLLUSCAN RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2022.2073651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD), Tigbauan, Philippines
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- Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development – Regional VI, Gaisano ICC Mall, Iloilo City, Philippines
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Poirier LA, Clements JC, Coffin MRS, Craig T, Davidson J, Miron G, Davidson JDP, Hill J, Comeau LA. Siltation negatively affects settlement and gaping behaviour in eastern oysters. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 170:105432. [PMID: 34329883 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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While high levels of siltation are known to be deleterious to eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica), the collective effect of suspended and bedded sediment is understudied from the perspective of oyster farming and bed restoration. In this study, we used laboratory experiments to explore spat settlement rates on a wild bed proxy substrate (i.e., empty shells on the bottom of experimental tanks) in conditions simulating a siltation event and the presence of suspended spat collectors. Using high-frequency valvometry, we also described the behavioural effects of acute sediment burial on wild adult oysters in situ. The vast majority of larvae settled on bottom substrate as opposed to suspended collectors. Sediment negatively affected overall oyster spat settlement on bottom shell, as spat densities were ≈3 × lower when sediment was present. This negative effect was largely attributed to severely depressed spat densities on the upper side (top) of bottom shells. Settlement on the underside of bottom shell was less affected. Wild adult oyster behaviour was negatively affected by acute burial, which ultimately resulted in death. We suggest that the reduction in settlement in the presence of siltation is likely due to the combined effects of suspended sediment on cue detection and bedded sediment on substrate availability. Given that oysters are ecosystem engineers, the negative effects of siltation on both larval and adult oysters can ultimately result in cascading effects to the surrounding biological community.
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- Luke A Poirier
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada.
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
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- Atlantic Veterinary College, Department of Health Management, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Université de Moncton, Département de Biologie, 60 Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur Rd, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
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- Atlantic Veterinary College, Department of Health Management, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Ave., Moncton, NB, E1C 9B6, Canada
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Carroll JM, Kelly JL, Treible LM, Bliss T. Submarine groundwater discharge as a potential driver of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, populations in Georgia. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 170:105440. [PMID: 34333337 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Reef-building eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, provide many ecosystem services, including production of valuable commercial products, formation of complex habitats, improved water quality and shoreline protection. Despite this, oyster populations have experienced dramatic declines throughout their range, spawning massive investment in management and restoration. Restoration efforts typically consider several well-studied metrics that normally influence oyster success; however, one potential factor that has not received much prior attention is submarine groundwater discharge (SGD). We conducted a series of field surveys and field experiments to explore the relationship between SGD and oysters in a marsh-lined tidal creek in Georgia, USA. SGD was mapped across multiple time points using a natural radon tracer (radon-222), and fluxes were paired with discrete measurements of oyster density, condition, size, recruitment and growth at multiple locations along the creek. Variation in oyster metrics was best explained by a combination of SGD, pH, and DO, which displayed a high degree of multicollinearity. We found an overall negative, nonlinear relationship between oyster density and groundwater flux. Interestingly, juvenile and adult condition and growth were not negatively impacted by groundwater. Rather, our results suggest that the likely mechanism for the density-flux relationship was interruption of the larval recruitment, which was also negatively related to flux. We hypothesize that larval interruption is due to the low dissolved oxygen and pH conditions of the groundwater at high flux sites. Overall, the interaction between SGD and oysters appears complex, and may be affected by other variables. This study provides evidence of a potential negative effect of a previously understudied natural phenomena on oyster demographics, and we suggest that SGD be considered in future management efforts.
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- John M Carroll
- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
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- Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, USA
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- University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, Savannah, GA, USA
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Impacts of hypoxic events surpass those of future ocean warming and acidification. Nat Ecol Evol 2021; 5:311-321. [PMID: 33432134 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01370-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Over the past decades, three major challenges to marine life have emerged as a consequence of anthropogenic emissions: ocean warming, acidification and oxygen loss. While most experimental research has targeted the first two stressors, the last remains comparatively neglected. Here, we implemented sequential hierarchical mixed-model meta-analyses (721 control-treatment comparisons) to compare the impacts of oxygen conditions associated with the current and continuously intensifying hypoxic events (1-3.5 O2 mg l-1) with those experimentally yielded by ocean warming (+4 °C) and acidification (-0.4 units) conditions on the basis of IPCC projections (RCP 8.5) for 2100. In contrast to warming and acidification, hypoxic events elicited consistent negative effects relative to control biological performance-survival (-33%), abundance (-65%), development (-51%), metabolism (-33%), growth (-24%) and reproduction (-39%)-across the taxonomic groups (mollusks, crustaceans and fish), ontogenetic stages and climate regions studied. Our findings call for a refocus of global change experimental studies, integrating oxygen concentration drivers as a key factor of ocean change. Given potential combined effects, multistressor designs including gradual and extreme changes are further warranted to fully disclose the future impacts of ocean oxygen loss, warming and acidification.
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Boco SR, Pitt KA, Melvin SD. Coastal acidification and deoxygenation enhance settlement but do not influence movement behaviour of creeping polyps of the Irukandji jellyfish, Alatina alata (Cubozoa). MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 162:105175. [PMID: 33070064 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Deoxygenation and acidification co-occur in many coastal ecosystems because nutrient enrichment produces excess organic matter that intensifies aerobic respiration during decomposition, thereby depleting O2, increasing CO2 and lowering pH. Despite this link between coastal deoxygenation (CD) and acidification (CA), and evidence that both stressors pose a risk to marine fauna, few studies have examined the effects of these drivers in combination on marine animals including invertebrates. Here, we studied the individual and combined effects of CD (~1.5 mg L-1 O2) and CA (~7.7 pH) on the survival, number of tentacles, settlement and movement behaviours of creeping polyps of the Irukandji jellyfish, Alatina alata. Low DO increased the survival rate (17% more) of the creeping polyps. 12% more creeping polyps settled in low pH than ambient pH and 16.7% more settled in low DO than ambient DO treatment. Exposure to CA and CD did not influence the number of tentacles, mobility or movement velocity of the creeping polyps, but after 4 h exposure to the treatments, they moved approximately half as fast. Our results indicate that CD can enhance survival and settlement success, but CA does not intensify these outcomes on A. alata creeping polyps.
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- Sheldon Rey Boco
- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia.
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia
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Barnett AF, Gledhill JH, Griffitt RJ, Slattery M, Gochfeld DJ, Willett KL. Combined and independent effects of hypoxia and tributyltin on mRNA expression and physiology of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Sci Rep 2020; 10:10605. [PMID: 32606384 PMCID: PMC7327041 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67650-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Oyster reefs are vital to estuarine health, but they experience multiple stressors and globally declining populations. This study examined effects of hypoxia and tributyltin (TBT) on adult Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed either in the laboratory or the field following a natural hypoxic event. In the laboratory, oysters were exposed to either hypoxia followed by a recovery period, or to hypoxia combined with TBT. mRNA expression of HIF1-α and Tβ-4 along with hemocyte counts, biomarkers of hypoxic stress and immune health, respectively, were measured. In field-deployed oysters, HIF1-α and Tβ-4 expression increased, while no effect on hemocytes was observed. In contrast, after 6 and 8 days of laboratory-based hypoxia exposure, both Tβ-4 expression and hemocyte counts declined. After 8 days of exposure to hypoxia + TBT, oysters substantially up-regulated HIF1-α and down-regulated Tβ-4, although hemocyte counts were unaffected. Results suggest that hypoxic exposure induces immunosuppression which could increase vulnerability to pathogens.
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- Ann Fairly Barnett
- Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA
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- Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA
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- School of Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Road, Ocean Springs, MS, 39564, USA
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- Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA
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- Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA.,National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA
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- Division of Environmental Toxicology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677, USA.
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Gurr SJ, Vadopalas B, Roberts SB, Putnam HM. Metabolic recovery and compensatory shell growth of juvenile Pacific geoduck Panopea generosa following short-term exposure to acidified seawater. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 8:coaa024. [PMID: 32274068 PMCID: PMC7125045 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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While acute stressors can be detrimental, environmental stress conditioning can improve performance. To test the hypothesis that physiological status is altered by stress conditioning, we subjected juvenile Pacific geoduck, Panopea generosa, to repeated exposures of elevated pCO2 in a commercial hatchery setting followed by a period in ambient common garden. Respiration rate and shell length were measured for juvenile geoduck periodically throughout short-term repeated reciprocal exposure periods in ambient (~550 μatm) or elevated (~2400 μatm) pCO2 treatments and in common, ambient conditions, 5 months after exposure. Short-term exposure periods comprised an initial 10-day exposure followed by 14 days in ambient before a secondary 6-day reciprocal exposure. The initial exposure to elevated pCO2 significantly reduced respiration rate by 25% relative to ambient conditions, but no effect on shell growth was detected. Following 14 days in common garden, ambient conditions, reciprocal exposure to elevated or ambient pCO2 did not alter juvenile respiration rates, indicating ability for metabolic recovery under subsequent conditions. Shell growth was negatively affected during the reciprocal treatment in both exposure histories; however, clams exposed to the initial elevated pCO2 showed compensatory growth with 5.8% greater shell length (on average between the two secondary exposures) after 5 months in ambient conditions. Additionally, clams exposed to the secondary elevated pCO2 showed 52.4% increase in respiration rate after 5 months in ambient conditions. Early exposure to low pH appears to trigger carryover effects suggesting bioenergetic re-allocation facilitates growth compensation. Life stage-specific exposures to stress can determine when it may be especially detrimental, or advantageous, to apply stress conditioning for commercial production of this long-lived burrowing clam.
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- Samuel J Gurr
- College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Rd, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington, 3716 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat St, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Rd, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Bashevkin SM, Dibble CD, Dunn RP, Hollarsmith JA, Ng G, Satterthwaite EV, Morgan SG. Larval dispersal in a changing ocean with an emphasis on upwelling regions. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Samuel M. Bashevkin
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
- Delta Science Program Delta Stewardship Council 980 9th Street, Suite 1500 Sacramento California 95814 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Institute & Department of Biology San Diego State University 4165 Spruance Road San Diego California 92182 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
- Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada
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- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
- Department of Evolution and Ecology University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis University of California Santa Barbara 735 State Street, Suite 300 Santa Barbara California USA
- Future Earth School of Global Environmental Sustainability Colorado State University 108 Johnson Drive Fort Collins Colorado 80523 USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California, Davis 2099 Westshore Road, P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay California 94923 USA
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Galic N, Hawkins T, Forbes VE. Adverse impacts of hypoxia on aquatic invertebrates: A meta-analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 652:736-743. [PMID: 30380481 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hypoxia in aquatic ecosystems is often a result of anthropogenic activities, such as increased nutrient loading, originating from agriculture or urbanization, as well as global warming. Aquatic invertebrates are especially important in ecosystems due to their central role in secondary production and in dynamics of food webs. To better understand impacts of oxygen availability on key physiological processes in invertebrates, we conducted a literature search and synthesized the findings of published studies. We found 55 studies that quantified impacts of hypoxia on feeding, growth, reproduction and respiration rates in 54 different aquatic invertebrate species. We applied non-linear regression models which took into account phylogenetic correlation in the data set. Fitting Michaelis-Menten models, we found that there were differences in how different processes responded to a decline in oxygen availability. Respiration rates were halved at highest oxygen concentration (6.44 mg O2/L), followed by reproductive (3.66 mg O2/L), growth (1.77 mg O2/L) and, finally, feeding rates (0.77 mg O2/L). Our findings confirm observations that reproduction is highly sensitive as organisms quickly reduce their reproductive output when exposed to stressful conditions. As long as they have sufficient reserves, organisms continue growing even under stressful conditions, and we confirmed that growth was not very sensitive to a decline in oxygen availability. We discuss potential impacts of global warming on oxygen availability and demand for aquatic macroinvertebrates. Given that oxygen availability is declining in many ecosystems, we can expect that organismal responses will be increasingly compromised with potential consequences for ecosystems and the services they deliver.
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- Nika Galic
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, USA
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Watts JC, Carroll JM, Munroe DM, Finelli CM. Examination of the potential relationship between boring sponges and pea crabs and their effects on eastern oyster condition. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2018; 130:25-36. [PMID: 30154269 DOI: 10.3354/dao03257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica provides a number of ecosystem services and is an important commercial fishery species along the US East and Gulf Coasts. Oyster populations have declined dramatically due to overharvesting, habitat loss, and disease. As restoration efforts and aquaculture of oysters continue to increase throughout their range, it is important to consider the impacts of a number of potential oyster pests, including the boring sponge Cliona spp. and the pea crab Zaops (Pinnotheres) ostreum, on oyster populations. Both of these have been demonstrated to reduce oyster growth, condition, and in some instances, reproductive output. Boring sponges in particular are a major concern for oyster growers and managers. Our monitoring efforts have suggested that pea crabs might be more prevalent in sponge-infested oysters; we therefore conducted an observational study to determine if there was any relationship between pea crab prevalence and sponge presence, and to examine whether the presence of both pests had synergistic effects on oyster condition. At 2 very different sample sites, North Carolina and New Jersey, oysters with 1 pest (i.e. boring sponge) were significantly more likely to have the second pest (i.e. pea crab) than the background population. Furthermore, sponge presence negatively affected oyster condition in North Carolina only, while pea crabs significantly reduced condition at both locations. When sponges and pea crabs were present together, the effects on oyster condition were additive. This study provides further evidence that interactions between an individual and a fouling/pest organism can alter oyster susceptibility to other parasites.
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- Jessica C Watts
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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Patterson HK, Carmichael RH. Dissolved oxygen concentration affects δ 15
N values in oyster tissues: implications for stable isotope ecology. Ecosphere 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Heather K. Patterson
- Department of Marine Sciences; University of South Alabama; Mobile Alabama 36688 USA
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Alabama 36528 USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences; University of South Alabama; Mobile Alabama 36688 USA
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Dauphin Island Alabama 36528 USA
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Keppel AG, Breitburg DL, Burrell RB. Effects of Co-Varying Diel-Cycling Hypoxia and pH on Growth in the Juvenile Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161088. [PMID: 27548256 PMCID: PMC4993518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Shallow water provides important habitat for many species, but also exposes these organisms to daily fluctuations in dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH caused by cycles in the balance between photosynthesis and respiration that can contribute to repeated, brief periods of hypoxia and low pH (caused by elevated pCO2). The amplitude of these cycles, and the severity and duration of hypoxia and hypercapnia that result, can be increased by eutrophication, and are predicted to worsen with climate change. We conducted laboratory experiments to test the effects of both diel-cycling and constant low DO and pH (elevated pCO2) on growth of the juvenile eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), an economically and ecologically important estuarine species. Severe diel-cycling hypoxia (to 0.5 mg O2 L-1) reduced shell growth in juvenile oysters, as did constant hypoxia (1.2 and 2.0 mg O2 L-1), although effects varied among experiments, oyster ages, and exposure durations. Diel-cycling pH reduced growth only in experiments in which calcite saturation state cycled to ≤0.10 and only during the initial weeks of these experiments. In other cases, cycling pH sometimes led to increased growth rates. Comparisons of treatment effects across multiple weeks of exposure, and during a longer post-experiment field deployment, indicated that juvenile oysters can acclimate to, and in some cases compensate for initial reductions in growth. As a result, some ecosystem services dependent on juvenile oyster growth rates may be preserved even under severe cycling hypoxia and pH.
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- Andrew G. Keppel
- Department of Oceanography, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, United States of America
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States of America
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States of America
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States of America
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Lu J, Shi Y, Wang S, Chen H, Cai S, Feng J. NMR-based metabolomic analysis of Haliotis diversicolor exposed to thermal and hypoxic stresses. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 545-546:280-288. [PMID: 26747992 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Haliotis diversicolor is a commercially important cultured shellfish. It is also an important marine model organism for environmental science. High temperature accompanied with hypoxia frequently induces diseases or even death to abalones. In present study, (1)H NMR spectroscopy together with pattern recognition methods was used to investigate the responses of muscle and gill of H. diversicolor to thermal and hypoxic stresses. It was found that obvious gender-, time- and tissue-specific metabolic responses were induced by thermal and hypoxic stresses. In combination with the changes of H. diversicolor in physiological features, the dual-modal stresses were suggested to mainly cause the disturbance in energy metabolism and osmotic balance in muscle and gill tissues with different mechanisms. Further, the corresponding correlation networks and metabolic pathways derived from the characteristic metabolites were used to assess the major metabolic functions of these characteristic metabolites. These findings shed some lights on the metabolic influences of environmental stresses on marine organisms.
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- Jie Lu
- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, PR China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China.
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- Department of Electronic Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China.
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Appelqvist C, Al-Hamdani ZK, Jonsson PR, Havenhand JN. Climate envelope modeling and dispersal simulations show little risk of range extension of the Shipworm, Teredo navalis (L.), in the Baltic sea. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119217. [PMID: 25768305 PMCID: PMC4359003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The shipworm, Teredo navalis, is absent from most of the Baltic Sea. In the last 20 years, increased frequency of T. navalis has been reported along the southern Baltic Sea coasts of Denmark, Germany, and Sweden, indicating possible range-extensions into previously unoccupied areas. We evaluated the effects of historical and projected near-future changes in salinity, temperature, and oxygen on the risk of spread of T. navalis in the Baltic. Specifically, we developed a simple, GIS-based, mechanistic climate envelope model to predict the spatial distribution of favourable conditions for adult reproduction and larval metamorphosis of T. navalis, based on published environmental tolerances to these factors. In addition, we used a high-resolution three-dimensional hydrographic model to simulate the probability of spread of T. navalis larvae within the study area. Climate envelope modeling showed that projected near-future climate change is not likely to change the overall distribution of T. navalis in the region, but will prolong the breeding season and increase the risk of shipworm establishment at the margins of the current range. Dispersal simulations indicated that the majority of larvae were philopatric, but those that spread over a wider area typically spread to areas unfavourable for their survival. Overall, therefore, we found no substantive evidence for climate-change related shifts in the distribution of T. navalis in the Baltic Sea, and no evidence for increased risk of spread in the near-future.
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- Christin Appelqvist
- Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö, 452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö, 452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö, 452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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Sugahara S, Kamiya H, Suyama Y, Senga Y, Ayukawa K, Okumura M, Seike Y. Influence of hypersaturated dissolved oxygenated water on the elution of hydrogen sulfide and methane from sediment in the dredged area in polyhaline Lake Nakaumi. LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11355-014-0270-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zhang X, Huang Y, Cai X, Zou Z, Wang G, Wang S, Wang Y, Zhang Z. Identification and expression analysis of immune-related genes linked to Rel/NF-κB signaling pathway under stresses and bacterial challenge from the small abalone Haliotis diversicolor. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 41:200-208. [PMID: 25158315 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Inhibitor of NF-κB (IκB), nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), and Akirin2 are all important members of Rel/NF-κB signaling pathway, which plays a pivotal role in regulating the innate immune response of vertebrates and invertebrates. In this study, the IκB (SaIκB) and Akirin2 (SaAkirin2) cDNAs of small abalone Haliotis diversicolor were cloned and characterized. The full length cDNA of SaIκB and SaAkirin2 were 1748 bp and 1452 bp respectively, encoding a protein of 401 aa and 187 aa respectively. A conserved degradation motif (DS56GIYS60) and six ankyrin repeats were identified in the SaIκB by SMART analysis. Meanwhile, a typical nuclear localization signal (NLS) was found at the N-terminal region of the SaAkirin2 protein. Also, the mRNA expression level of SaIκB, SaAkirin2, and AbNF-κB were detected by quantitative real-time PCR. The results revealed that all these three genes were ubiquitously expressed in 7 selected tissues. The expression level of SaIκB in gills was higher than that in other tissues (P < 0.05) while the expression level of AbNF-κB was significantly higher in hepatopancreas and haemocytes. The highest expression level of SaAkirin2 was detected in hepatopancreas, followed by mantle. The mRNA expression levels in either gills or haemocytes of SaIκB, SaAkirin2, and AbNF-κB were significantly up-regulated (P < 0.05) post thermal stress, hypoxia exposure, thermal plus hypoxia stress and the injection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. These results indicated that these three NF-κB signaling pathway-related genes are involved in response to bacterial infection and play essential roles in response to thermal and hypoxia stress.
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- Xin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of New York at Cobleskill, NY 12043, USA
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Shin PKS, Gopalakrishnan S, Chan AKY, Qian PY, Wu RSS. Interactive effects of hypoxia and PBDE on larval settlement of a marine benthic polychaete. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2014; 85:425-432. [PMID: 24835374 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Marine benthic polychaete Capitella sp. I is widely known to adapt to polluted habitats; however, its response to xenobiotics under hypoxic conditions has been rarely studied. This research aimed to test the hypothesis that interactive effects of hypoxia and congener BDE-47 of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), which is ubiquitous in marine sediments, may alter the settlement of Capitella sp. I. Our results revealed that under hypoxic condition, settlement success and growth in body length of Capitella larvae were significantly reduced compared to those under normoxia of similar BDE-47 concentration. While no significant changes in morphology of settled larvae were noted in both exposure conditions, the presence of BDE-47 could enhance polychaete growth. The present findings demonstrated that the interactive effects of hypoxia and environmentally realistic concentrations of BDE-47 in sediments could affect polychaete settlement, which, in turn, reduce its recruitment and subsequent population size in the marine benthic ecosystem.
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- Paul K S Shin
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Cheung SG, Chan CYS, Po BHK, Li AL, Leung JYS, Qiu JW, Ang PO, Thiyagarajan V, Shin PKS, Chiu JMY. Effects of hypoxia on biofilms and subsequently larval settlement of benthic invertebrates. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2014; 85:418-424. [PMID: 24855975 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Biofilms on submerged surfaces are important in determining larval settlement of most marine benthic invertebrates. We investigated if exposure of biofilms to hypoxia would alter the larval settlement pattern and result in a shift in benthic invertebrate community structure in the field. Biofilms were first exposed to hypoxia or normoxia in laboratory microcosms for 7 days, and then deployed in the field for another 7 days to allow for larval settlement and recruitment to occur. Using terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism of the 16S rRNA gene, this study showed that hypoxia altered the biofilm bacterial community composition, and the difference between the hypoxic and normoxic treatments increased with the time of exposure period. This study also demonstrated significantly different benthic invertebrate community structures as a result of biofilm exposure to hypoxia and that the hypoxic and normoxic treatments were dominated by Hydroides sp. and Folliculina sp., respectively.
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- S G Cheung
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Garcia RN, Chung KW, Key PB, Burnett LE, Coen LD, Delorenzo ME. Interactive effects of mosquito control insecticide toxicity, hypoxia, and increased carbon dioxide on larval and juvenile eastern oysters and hard clams. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2014; 66:450-62. [PMID: 24531857 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Mosquito control insecticide use in the coastal zone coincides with the habitat and mariculture operations of commercially and ecologically important shellfish species. Few data are available regarding insecticide toxicity to shellfish early life stages, and potential interactions with abiotic stressors, such as low oxygen and increased CO2 (low pH), are less understood. Toxicity was assessed at 4 and 21 days for larval and juvenile stages of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, and the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, using two pyrethroids (resmethrin and permethrin), an organophosphate (naled), and a juvenile growth hormone mimic (methoprene). Acute toxicity (4-day LC50) values ranged from 1.59 to >10 mg/L. Overall, clams were more susceptible to mosquito control insecticides than oysters. Naled was the most toxic compound in oyster larvae, whereas resmethrin was the most toxic compound in clam larvae. Mortality for both species generally increased with chronic insecticide exposure (21-day LC50 values ranged from 0.60 to 9.49 mg/L). Insecticide exposure also caused sublethal effects, including decreased swimming activity after 4 days in larval oysters (4-day EC50 values of 0.60 to 2.33 mg/L) and decreased growth (shell area and weight) in juvenile clams and oysters after 21 days (detected at concentrations ranging from 0.625 to 10 mg/L). Hypoxia, hypercapnia, and a combination of hypoxia and hypercapnia caused mortality in larval clams and increased resmethrin toxicity. These data will benefit both shellfish mariculture operations and environmental resource agencies as they manage the use of mosquito control insecticides near coastal ecosystems.
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- R N Garcia
- Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29412, USA
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Huang Y, Cai X, Zou Z, Wang S, Wang G, Wang Y, Zhang Z. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of three heat shock responsive genes from Haliotis diversicolor. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 36:590-599. [PMID: 24309137 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Revised: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this study, molecular characterization and expression of three heat shock responsive genes were analyzed as indicators to understand the mechanism of heat shock response of small abalone Haliotis diversicolor under stresses. The full length cDNA of heat shock transcriptional factor 1 (HdHSF1), heat shock factor binding protein 1(HSBP1), and heat shock protein 90 (HdHSP90) are 1548 bp, 809 bp, and 2592 bp respectively, encoding a protein of 515 aa, 75 aa, and 728 aa respectively. Real time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that these three genes are constitutively expressed in 7 selected tissues. The expression level of HdHSF1 in gills was higher than that in other tissues (p < 0.05). The highest expression level of HdHSBP1 was detected in hemocytes. The highest expression level of HdHSP90 was in the digestive tract and colleterial gland. The HdHSF1 expression level in the gills was up-regulated significantly (p < 0.05) after thermal stress and hypoxia exposure respectively. On the contrary, HdHSBP1 was down-regulated both in gills and hemocytes after thermal stress and the same as in gills after hypoxia stress. HdHSP90 expression level was also up-regulated in gills and hemocytes after both thermal and hypoxia stresses. These results indicated that these three heat shock responsive genes play important roles in response to thermal and hypoxia stress.
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- Yitao Huang
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture in the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of New York at Cobleskill, NY 12043, USA.
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Shin PKS, Leung JYS, Qiu JW, Ang PO, Chiu JMY, Thiyagarajan V, Cheung SG. Hypoxia induces abnormal larval development and affects biofilm-larval interaction in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2013; 76:291-297. [PMID: 24050126 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Hydroides elegans, a worldwide fouling polychaete, can spawn throughout the year, but its recruitment drops during summer when hypoxia prevails. Here, the influence of hypoxia on larval development and settlement of H. elegans was investigated. Results showed that larval development was compromised at 1mg O2 l(-1) with a lower proportion of competent larvae and a higher proportion of malformed larvae, probably due to reduction in clearance rate. Regarding larval settlement, although most of the larvae were reluctant to settle at 1mg O2 l(-1), regardless of the biofilm nature, they settled quickly within 24h in response to the resumption of dissolved oxygen. Furthermore, only about 5% of the larvae settled on the biofilms developed under hypoxia, regardless of dissolved oxygen levels of the seawater. The delayed larval development and potential alteration of biofilm nature owing to hypoxia explained why the recruitment of H. elegans declines during summer.
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- P K S Shin
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Ginger KWK, Vera CBS, R D, Dennis CKS, Adela LJ, Yu Z, Thiyagarajan V. Larval and post-larval stages of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) are resistant to elevated CO2. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64147. [PMID: 23724027 PMCID: PMC3665819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The average pH of surface oceans has decreased by 0.1 unit since industrialization and is expected to decrease by another 0.3-0.7 units before the year 2300 due to the absorption of anthropogenic CO2. This human-caused pH change is posing serious threats and challenges to the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), especially to their larval stages. Our knowledge of the effect of reduced pH on C. gigas larvae presently relies presumptively on four short-term (<4 days) survival and growth studies. Using multiple physiological measurements and life stages, the effects of long-term (40 days) exposure to pH 8.1, 7.7 and 7.4 on larval shell growth, metamorphosis, respiration and filtration rates at the time of metamorphosis, along with the juvenile shell growth and structure of the C. gigas, were examined in this study. The mean survival and growth rates were not affected by pH. The metabolic, feeding and metamorphosis rates of pediveliger larvae were similar, between pH 8.1 and 7.7. The pediveligers at pH 7.4 showed reduced weight-specific metabolic and filtration rates, yet were able to sustain a more rapid post-settlement growth rate. However, no evidence suggested that low pH treatments resulted in alterations to the shell ultrastructures (SEM images) or elemental compositions (i.e., Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios). Thus, larval and post-larval forms of the C. gigas in the Yellow Sea are probably resistant to elevated CO2 and decreased near-future pH scenarios. The pre-adapted ability to resist a wide range of decreased pH may provide C. gigas with the necessary tolerance to withstand rapid pH changes over the coming century.
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- Ko W. K. Ginger
- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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- South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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Paul JF, Munns WR. Probability surveys, conditional probability, and ecological risk assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2011; 30:1488-1495. [PMID: 21425319 DOI: 10.1002/etc.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We show that probability-based environmental resource monitoring programs, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, and conditional probability analysis can serve as a basis for estimating ecological risk over broad geographic areas. Under certain conditions (including appropriate stratification of the sampled population, sufficient density of samples, and sufficient range of exposure levels paired with concurrent response values), this empirical approach provides estimates of risk using extant field-derived monitoring data. The monitoring data were used to prescribe the exposure field and to model the exposure-response relationship. We illustrate this approach by estimating risks to benthic communities from low dissolved oxygen (DO) in freshwater streams of the mid-Atlantic region and in estuaries of the Virginian Biogeographical Province of the United States. In both cases, the estimates of risk are consistent with the U.S. EPA's ambient water quality criteria for DO.
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- John F Paul
- US Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
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Kodama K, Horiguchi T. Effects of hypoxia on benthic organisms in Tokyo Bay, Japan: a review. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2011; 63:215-220. [PMID: 21561630 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2010] [Revised: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Bottom hypoxia (dissolved oxygen concentration ≤2 ml l(-1)) from anthropogenic eutrophication is a growing global concern. Here, we summarized characteristics of hypoxia and its effects on benthic organisms in Tokyo Bay. Despite recent decreases in nutrient inputs, hypoxia has been increasing in duration and spatial extent, suggesting that the substantial loss of tidal flats from reclamation is contributing to a decrease in the ability of Tokyo Bay to recycle nutrients. Hypoxia develops in the central to northern part of the bay and persists from spring to autumn, causing defaunation of benthic organisms. After the abatement of hypoxia in autumn, the defaunated area is recolonized, either through migration or larval settlement. Some megabenthic species with a spawning peak in spring and summer experience failure of larval settlement, which is probably due to hypoxia. The adverse effects of hypoxia are an impediment to recovery of benthic organisms in Tokyo Bay.
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- Keita Kodama
- Center for Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
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Liu CC, Chiu JMY, Li L, Shin PKS, Cheung SG. Respiration rate and swimming activity of larvae of two sub-tidal nassariid gastropods under reduced oxygen levels: implications for their distributions in Hong Kong waters. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2011; 63:230-236. [PMID: 21453934 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The effects of hypoxia on the larvae of two sub-tidal nassariid gastropods, Nassarius siquijorensis and N. conoidalis were compared so as to understand how the species-specific tolerance to hypoxia might have resulted in changes in the abundance and distribution of these two species in the hypoxic Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, since the 1980s. Respiration rates of N. siquijorensis and N. conoidalis larvae were reduced at 4.5 mg O2 l(-1), or below, as compared with the normoxic control. Significant reduction in swimming velocity was also observed for 10-day old larvae which were exposed to <2.0 mg O2 l(-1) for N. siquijorensis and <1.0 mg O2 l(-1) for N. conoidalis. The 48 h LC50 values of N. siquijorensis and N. conoidalis larvae were 0.7 and 1.7 mg O2 l(-1), respectively. The results suggested that N. siquijorensis are more tolerant to hypoxia than N. conoidalis.
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- C C Liu
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Campbell AH, Meritt DW, Franklin RB, Boone EL, Nicely CT, Brown BL. Effects of age and composition of field-produced biofilms on oyster larval setting. BIOFOULING 2011; 27:255-265. [PMID: 21360359 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2011.560384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Lack of success in restoring the native Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, to Chesapeake Bay has been linked to the low occurrence of oyster larval setting in tributaries to the Bay. Among the many potential factors that could affect efforts to produce oysters through aquaculture or supplementation of shell beds is substratum condition. The present study examined larval setting on field-produced biofilms from Little Wicomico River (Virginia, USA) to assess whether bacterial community structure (examined by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, T-RFLP) or other characteristics of contemporary biofilms in this tributary (biofilm age and mass, algal abundance, and percentage organic matter) inhibited setting of larval oysters. The structure of the natural and heterogenous bacterial community in the biofilms and the success of oyster set were correlated, suggesting that specific microbial species may play a role in oyster setting. Larval set increased with biofilm age and mass, suggesting that established field-produced biofilms have no inhibitory effect. In contrast, the percentage of organic matter was negatively correlated with oyster set, whereas chlorophyll a concentration had no observed effect. The study expands prior knowledge by providing a more realistic timeframe for biofilm development (weeks as opposed to days), recounting effects of biofilms that are more representative of the natural dynamic and disturbance processes that would be expected to occur on submerged structures, and by incorporating seasonal and spatial variation. An important negative effect observed during the study period was heavy predation by Stylochus ellipticus on newly set oysters. Overall, the results of this study, which is the first assessment of the effects of biofilms produced naturally within a Chesapeake Bay tributary, suggest that the absence of large numbers of oysters in Little Wicomico River is not related to microbes or other specific characteristics of biofilms that develop on suitable setting substrata, but rather to heavy predation of newly set larvae.
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- Alaina H Campbell
- Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Ivanina AV, Froelich B, Williams T, Sokolov EP, Oliver JD, Sokolova IM. Interactive effects of cadmium and hypoxia on metabolic responses and bacterial loads of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 82:377-389. [PMID: 20971492 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Pollution by toxic metals including cadmium (Cd) and hypoxia are important stressors in estuaries and coastal waters which may interactively affect sessile benthic organisms, such as oysters. We studied metabolic responses to prolonged hypoxic acclimation (2 weeks at 5% O2) in control and Cd-exposed (30 d at 50 μg L(-1) Cd) oysters Crassostrea virginica, and analyzed the effects of these stressors on abundance of Vibrio spp. in oysters. Hypoxia-acclimated oysters retained normal standard metabolic rates (SMR) at 5% O2, in contrast to a decline of SMR observed during acute hypoxia. However, oysters spent more time actively ventilating in hypoxia than normoxia resulting in enhanced Cd uptake and 2.7-fold higher tissue Cd burdens in hypoxia. Cd exposure led to a significant decrease in tissue glycogen stores, increase in free glucose levels and elevated activity of glycolytic enzymes (hexokinase and aldolase) indicating a greater dependence on carbohydrate catabolism. A compensatory increase in activities of two key mitochondrial enzymes (citrate synthase and cytochrome c oxidase) was found during prolonged hypoxia in control oysters but suppressed in Cd-exposed ones. Cd exposure also resulted in a significant increase in abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus levels during normoxia and hypoxia, respectively. Overall, Cd- and hypoxia-induced changes in metabolic profile, Cd accumulation and bacterial flora of oysters indicate that these stressors can synergistically impact energy homeostasis, performance and survival of oysters in polluted estuaries and have significant consequences for transfer of Cd and bacterial pathogens to the higher levels of the food chain.
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- Anna V Ivanina
- Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, United States
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Kodama K, Oyama M, Kume G, Serizawa S, Shiraishi H, Shibata Y, Shimizu M, Horiguchi T. Impaired megabenthic community structure caused by summer hypoxia in a eutrophic coastal bay. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2010; 19:479-492. [PMID: 19936920 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0438-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Eutrophication and hypoxia are major problems affecting the health of coastal ecosystems throughout the world. Tokyo Bay, Japan, is a eutrophic coastal area where the abundance of the megabenthic community has been decreasing. To assess factors associated with the impaired biota, seasonal surveys of the megabenthic community and water and sediment quality were conducted in the bay. Cluster analysis showed a difference in the community structure between the northern and southern parts of the bay. The density of species and species diversity were high throughout the year in the southern part of the bay, whereas in the northern part of the bay species diversity was low and defaunation occurred in August. At this time, bottom hypoxia due to temperature and salinity stratification, and high concentrations of nutrients, chlorophyll a, and organic matter in the water column and/or sediment, dominated the northern part of the bay. In October, bottom hypoxia was less severe but was still present in the northern part of the bay, and recolonization by mobile fishes and sessile mussels occurred. Multivariate analyses of the megabenthic community and environmental parameters in August showed the spatial pattern of the community could be explained by concentrations of dissolved oxygen and particulate organic carbon in the bottom water, and total sulfide and total organic carbon in the sediments. In particular, impairment of the biota in the northern area could be explained by the threshold concentrations of dissolved oxygen < 1.7 mL L(-1) and total organic carbon > 20.3 mg g(-1).
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- Keita Kodama
- Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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JOYNER-MATOS JOANNA, CHAPMAN LAURENJ, DOWNS CRAIGA, HOFER TIM, LEEUWENBURGH CHRISTIAAN, JULIAN DAVID. Stress response of a freshwater clam along an abiotic gradient: too much oxygen may limit distribution. Funct Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Willson LL, Burnett LE. Whole animal and gill tissue oxygen uptake in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: Effects of hypoxia, hypercapnia, air exposure, and infection with the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus(1). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 2000; 246:223-240. [PMID: 10713278 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00183-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, lives in shallow coastal waters and experiences many different environmental extremes including hypoxia, hypercapnia and air exposure and many oysters are infected with the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus. The effects of these conditions on oyster metabolism, as measured by oxygen uptake, were investigated. Mild hypercapnia had no effect on the ability of oysters to regulate oxygen uptake in hypoxic water, as measured by the B2 coefficient of oxygen regulation. The average B2 was -0.060x10(-3) (+/-0.01x10(-3) S.E.M.; n=20; low and high CO(2) treatments combined) in oysters uninfected with P. marinus and -0.056x10(-3) (+/-0.01x10(-3) S.E.M.; n=16; low and high CO(2) treatments combined) in infected oysters. There was no significant effect of light to moderate infections of P. marinus on oxygen regulation. Nor did the presence of P. marinus have an effect on the rate of oxygen uptake of whole animals in well-aerated water. In well-aerated conditions, oxygen uptake was significantly reduced by moderate hypercapnia in oysters when data from uninfected and infected oysters were combined. Mean oxygen uptake of infected oysters under hypercapnia (pCO(2)=6-8 Torr; pH 7) was 9.10 µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1) +/-0.62 S.E.M. (n=9), significantly different from oxygen uptake under normocapnia (pCO(2) </=1 Torr; pH 8.2) (10.71 µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1) +/-0.62 S.E.M.; n=9). Similar to what occurred in infected whole animals, mean oxygen uptake of uninfected gill tissues under high CO(2), low pH conditions was 9.44 µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1) +/-0.95 S.E.M. (n=10), significantly different from oxygen uptake under low CO(2), high pH conditions (12.30 µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1) +/-0.95 S.E.M.; n=10). This result is due primarily to the low pH induced by hypercapnia rather than a CO(2)-specific effect. The presence of P. marinus had no effect on oxygen uptake in gill tissues. Intertidal oysters from South Carolina take up very little oxygen from the air when they are air exposed. Mean oxygen uptake in air at 25 degrees C (5.66x10(-4) µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1)+/-2.65x10(-4) S.E.M.; n=11) is less than 0.1% of oxygen uptake in seawater, suggesting that upon air exposure, oysters close their valves and isolate themselves from air. Oxygen uptake in air is slightly elevated at 35 degrees C (9.28x10(-4) µmol O(2) g ww(-1) h(-1) +/-5.57x10(-4) S.E.M.; n=11). There was not a strong correlation between oxygen uptake and P. marinus infection intensity at either 25 or 35 degrees C.
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- LL Willson
- Grice Marine Laboratory, University of Charleston, South Carolina, 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, SC, USA
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