Nagelkerken, Ivan; Alemany, Tiphaine; Anquetin, Julie M; Ferreira, Camilo M; Ludwig, Kim E; Sasaki, Minami; Connell, Sean D (2021): Seawater carbonate chemistry and reproduction of fish [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930727
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Abstract:
Ocean acidification affects species populations and biodiversity through direct negative effects on physiology and behaviour. The indirect effects of elevated CO2 are less well known and can sometimes be counterintuitive. Reproduction lies at the crux of species population replenishment, but we do not know how ocean acidification affects reproduction in the wild. Here, we use natural CO2 vents at a temperate rocky reef and show that even though ocean acidification acts as a direct stressor, it can indirectly increase energy budgets of fish to stimulate reproduction at no cost to physiological homeostasis. Female fish maintained energy levels by compensation: They reduced activity (foraging and aggression) to increase reproduction. In male fish, increased reproductive investment was linked to increased energy intake as mediated by intensified foraging on more abundant prey. Greater biomass of prey at the vents was linked to greater biomass of algae, as mediated by a fertilisation effect of elevated CO2 on primary production. Additionally, the abundance and aggression of paternal carers were elevated at the CO2 vents, which may further boost reproductive success. These positive indirect effects of elevated CO2 were only observed for the species of fish that was generalistic and competitively dominant, but not for 3 species of subordinate and more specialised fishes. Hence, species that capitalise on future resource enrichment can accelerate their reproduction and increase their populations, thereby altering species communities in a future ocean.
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Animalia; Behaviour; Chordata; CO2 vent; Coast and continental shelf; Field observation; Forsterygion lapillum; Growth/Morphology; Nekton; Notoclinops segmentatus; Notoclinops yaldwyni; Other studied parameter or process; Parablennius laticlavius; Pelagos; Reproduction; Single species; South Pacific; Temperate
Supplement to:
Nagelkerken, Ivan; Alemany, Tiphaine; Anquetin, Julie M; Ferreira, Camilo M; Ludwig, Kim E; Sasaki, Minami; Connell, Sean D (2021): Ocean acidification boosts reproduction in fish via indirect effects. PLoS Biology, 19(1), e3001033, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001033
Further details:
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Epitalon, Jean-Marie; Lavigne, Héloïse; Orr, James (2021): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.2.16. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/seacarb/index.html
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In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Gattuso et al, 2021) 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 2021-04-19.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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