Borges, Francisco O; Santos, Thiago Pereira dos; Sampaio, Eduardo; Figueiredo, Catia; Paula, José Ricardo; Antunes, Carlos; Rosa, Rui; Grilo, Tiago F (2019): Seawater carbonate chemistry and migratory response and cue preference of glass eels [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914838
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Abstract:
The dramatic decline of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) populations over recent decades has attracted considerable attention and concern. Furthermore, little is known about the sensitivity of the early stages of eels to projected future environmental change. Here, we investigated, for the first time, the potential combined effects of ocean warming (OW; delta + 4°C; 18°C) and acidification (OA; delta − 0.4 pH units) on the survival and migratory behaviour of A. anguilla glass eels, namely their preference towards riverine cues (freshwater and geosmin). Recently arrived individuals were exposed to isolated and combined OW and OA conditions for 100 days, adjusting for the salinity gradients associated with upstream migration. A two-choice test was used to investigate migratory activity and shifts in preference towards freshwater environments. While OW decreased survival and increased migratory activity, OA appears to hinder migratory response, reducing the preference for riverine cues. Our results suggest that future conditions could potentially favour an early settlement of glass eels, reducing the proportion of fully migratory individuals. Further research into the effects of climate change on eel migration and habitat selection is needed to implement efficient conservation plans for this critically endangered species.
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Borges, Francisco O; Santos, Thiago Pereira dos; Sampaio, Eduardo; Figueiredo, Catia; Paula, José Ricardo; Antunes, Carlos; Rosa, Rui; Grilo, Tiago F (2019): Ocean warming and acidification may challenge the riverward migration of glass eels. Biology Letters, 15(1), 20180627, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0627
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Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Epitalon, Jean-Marie; Lavigne, Héloïse; Orr, James C; Gentili, Bernard; Hagens, Mathilde; Hofmann, Andreas; Mueller, Jens-Daniel; Proye, Aurélien; Rae, James; Soetaert, Karline (2019): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.2.12. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=seacarb
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Latitude: 41.890647 * Longitude: -8.825272
Date/Time Start: 2017-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-01-31T00:00:00
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2019) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI). The date of carbonate chemistry calculation by seacarb is 2020-04-16.
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