Breaking Free from Thermodynamic Constraints: Thermal Acclimation and Metabolic Compensation in a freshwater zooplankton species

Coggins, Bret L.; Anderson, Cora E.; Hasan, R.; Pearson, A. C.; Ekwudo, Millicent N.; Bidwell, Joseph R.; Yampolsky, Lev Y.

doi:10.1242/jeb.237727

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“…Analogous to the prediction of ‘thermal compensation’, the individual from warm environments would depress the metabolic rate relative to siblings from cold environment by plasticity (e.g. Caldwell, 1969; Coggins et al., 2020; Scheffler et al., 2019), the resting metabolic rates of the hatchlings in this study were downregulated by warming incubation conditions and further depressed by warming husbandry conditions, especially at higher body temperatures (Figure 4). The ‘live (grow) fast, die young’ scenario claims that faster life‐history rates, normally indicated by higher metabolic rates, will induce shorter longevity or survival rates (Bestion et al., 2015; Speakman, 2005; Speakman & Garratt, 2014).…”

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confidence: 71%

Moderate climate warming scenarios during embryonic and post‐embryonic stages benefit a cold‐climate lizard

Liu

Cui

et al. 2022

Functional Ecology

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Warming temperatures caused by climate change are predicted to vary temporally and spatially. For mid‐ and high‐latitude reptiles, the seasonal variation in warming temperatures experienced by embryos and hatchlings may determine offspring fitness, yet this has remained largely unexplored. To evaluate the independent and interactive influence of seasonal variation in warming temperatures on embryonic and hatchling development, we incubated eggs and reared hatchlings of a cold‐climate oviparous ectothermic species, the Heilongjiang grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis), following a 2 × 2 factorial design (present climate versus warming climate for embryos × present climate versus warming climate for hatchlings). We then evaluated embryonic and hatchling development, including hatching success, incubation period, initial hatchling body size, hatchling metabolic rate, growth rate and survival in the mesocosms. We found that warming temperatures shortened the incubation period and produced hatchlings with higher survival rates than those incubated under the present climate conditions. Similarly, hatchlings reared under a warming climate had similar growth rates and resting metabolic rates, but higher survival rates than those reared under the present climate. Hatchlings that experienced both warming incubation and warming growth conditions had the highest survival rates. This study revealed that moderate warming temperatures (Representative Concentration Pathway, RCP 4.5, 1.1–2.6°C) experienced by embryos and hatchlings interact to benefit hatchling fitness in cold‐climate oviparous ectotherms. Our study also highlighted the importance of integrating seasonal variation in warming temperatures when evaluating the responses to climate warming in multiple developmental stages in oviparous ectotherms.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Moderate climate warming scenarios during embryonic and post‐embryonic stages benefit a cold‐climate lizard

Liu

Cui

et al. 2022

Functional Ecology

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“…Our finding also underlines that larger individuals inhabiting the lower latitudinal boundary of their distributional range were subject to metabolic homeostasis ( sensu Precht et al, 1973 ), in which their metabolic rates were independent of temperature beyond the current local maxima. Several studies have shown that when facing changes in temperature, often beyond that of their usual environment ( Coggins et al, 2021 ), metabolic homeostasis might occur in aquatic ectotherms ( Bullock, 1955 ; Fangue et al, 2009 ; Precht et al, 1973 ; Seibel et al, 2007 ; Young, 1979 ). This results in a degree of homeostasis at the cellular level, enabling organisms to maintain their functions in spite of temperature change ( Precht et al, 1973 ).…”

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Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods

Shokri

Cozzoli

Vignes

et al. 2022

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Predictions of individual responses to climate change are often based on the assumption that temperature affects individuals’ metabolism independently of their body mass. However, empirical evidence indicates that interactive effects exist. Here, we investigated the response of individual Standard Metabolic Rate (SMR) to annual temperature range and forecasted temperature rises of 0.6-1.2°C above the current maxima, under the conservative climate change scenario IPCC-RCP2.6. As a model organism we used the amphipod Gammarus insensibilis, collected across latitudes along the western coast of the Adriatic Sea down to the southernmost limit of the species’ distributional range, with individuals varying in body mass (0.4-13.57mg). Overall, we found that the effect of temperature on SMR is mass-dependent. Within the annual temperature range, the mass-specific SMR of small/young individuals increased with temperature at a greater rate (activation energy: E=0.48 eV) than large/old ones (E=0.29 eV), with a higher metabolic level for high-latitude than low-latitude populations. However, under the forecasted climate conditions, the large individuals’ mass-specific SMR responded differently across latitudes. Unlike the higher-latitude population, whose mass-specific SMR increased in response to the forecasted climate change across all size classes, in the lower-latitude populations, this increase was not seen in large individuals. The larger/older conspecifics at lower latitudes could therefore be the first to experience the negative impacts of warming on metabolism-related processes. Although the ecological collapse of such a basic trophic level (aquatic amphipods) due to climate change would have profound consequences for population ecology, the risk is significantly mitigated by phenotypic and genotypic adaptation.

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“…Mitochondrial potential was measured by means of rhodamine-123 staining in neonates born to either young or old mothers treated as described above. Newborns <12 h old were placed in groups of 5 into 1.5 mL tubes containing 0 -10 uM rhodamine-123 in COMBO water for 24 hours (Emaus et al 1986;Coggins et al 2021a). The fluorescence was measured with Leica DM3000 microscope with a 10x objective (0.22 aperture) equipped with Leica DFc450C camera using the 488 nm excitation / broadband (>515 nm) emission filter.…”

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Inverse Lansing Effect: Maternal Age and Provisioning Affecting Daughters’ Longevity and Male Offspring Production

Anderson

Malek

Jonas-Closs

et al. 2022

The American Naturalist

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Maternal age effects on life history of offspring has been demonstrated in a variety of organisms, more often than not offspring of older mothers having lower life expectancy (Lansing effect). However, there is no consensus on how general this phenomenon is and what are the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms behind it. We tested the predictions of Lansing effect in several Daphnia magna clones in and observed a significant genotype-by-maternal age interaction, indicating clone-specific magnitude and direction of the effect of maternal age on daughters' longevity. We then repeated this experiment with more detailed life-history and offspring provisioning data focusing on 2 clones with contrasting life-histories. One of these clones demonstrating the inverse Lansing effect, with daughters of older mothers living longer than those of young mothers. Individuals from a single-generation maternal age reversal treatment showed intermediate lifespan. We also report genotype-specific, ambidirectional, and largely fecundity-independent effects of maternal age on daughters' propensity to produce male offspring, with daughters of older mothers showing higher male production than daughters of younger mothers in the least male-producing clone and vise versa. We tested whether both effects can be explained by either lipid provisioning of embryos by mothers of different age, or by properties of mitochondria transmitted by mothers of different age to their offspring, using rhodamine-123 assay of mitochondrial membrane potential as a measure of mitochondria quality. We show that once lipid provisioning is accounted for, the effects of maternal age on lifespan and male production disappear and that the effect of lipid provisioning itself is clone-dependent, confirming that maternal provisioning sets daughters life history parameters. In the clone showing the inverse Lansing effect we demonstrated that, contrary to the predictions, neonates produced by older mothers were characterized by higher mitochondrial membrane potential in neural tissues than their counterparts born to younger mothers. We conclude that, in at least some genotypes, a reverse Lansing effect is possible, and hypothesize that it may be a result of lower lipid provisioning creating calorically restricted environment during embryonic development.

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Breaking Free from Thermodynamic Constraints: Thermal Acclimation and Metabolic Compensation in a freshwater zooplankton species

Cited by 5 publications

References 73 publications

Moderate climate warming scenarios during embryonic and post‐embryonic stages benefit a cold‐climate lizard

Moderate climate warming scenarios during embryonic and post‐embryonic stages benefit a cold‐climate lizard

Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods

Inverse Lansing Effect: Maternal Age and Provisioning Affecting Daughters’ Longevity and Male Offspring Production

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