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Cripps, G, Lindeque, PK and Flynn, KJ 2014 Parental exposure to elevated pCO2 influences the reproductive success of copepods. Journal of Plankton Research, 36 (5). 1165-1174. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu052
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Abstract/Summary
Substantial variations are reported for egg production and hatching rates of copepods exposed to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations (pCO2). One possible explanation, as found in other marine taxa, is that prior parental exposure to elevated pCO2 (and/or decreased pH) affects reproductive performance. Previous studies have adopted two distinct approaches, either (1) expose male and female copepoda to the test pCO2/pH scenarios, or (2) solely expose egg-laying females to the tests. Although the former approach is more realistic, the majority of studies have used the latter approach. Here, we investigated the variation in egg production and hatching success of Acartia tonsa between these two experimental designs, across five different pCO2 concentrations (385–6000 µatm pCO2). In addition, to determine the effect of pCO2 on the hatching success with no prior parental exposure, eggs produced and fertilized under ambient conditions were also exposed to these pCO2 scenarios. Significant variations were found between experimental designs, with approach (1) resulting in higher impacts; here >20% difference was seen in hatching success between experiments at 1000 µatm pCO2 scenarios (2100 year scenario), and >85% at 6000 µatm pCO2. This study highlights the potential to misrepresent the reproductive response of a species to elevated pCO2 dependent on parental exposure.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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| Additional Keywords: | elevated pCO2 copepods parental exposure egg hatching rates spermatogenesis ocean acidification |
| Subjects: | Ecology and Environment Marine Sciences |
| Divisions: | Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Depositing User: | Pennie Lindeque |
| Date made live: | 05 Feb 2016 15:20 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 14:28 |
| URI: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/6781 |
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