Factors influencing the upper temperature tolerances of three mussel species in a brackish water canal: Size, season and laboratory protocols

Rajagopal, S.; Velde, G. van der; Gaag, M. van der; Jenner, H.A.

doi:10.1080/08927010500133584

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“…However, acclimation capacity varies with several factors such as physiological condition and season (e.g. Wilson and Elkain, 1991;Cuculescu et al, 1998;Rajagopal et al, 2005;Healy and Schulte, 2012). Furthermore, experiments evaluating the capacity to acclimate rarely measure the highest temperature that organisms are capable of achieving through acclimation.…”

Section: Warming Allowances and Estimations Of Thermal Resiliencementioning

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Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms

Peck

Morley

Richard

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Antarctic marine species have evolved in one of the coldest and most temperature-stable marine environments on Earth. They have long been classified as being stenothermal, or having a poor capacity to resist warming. Here we show that their ability to acclimate their physiology to elevated temperatures is poor compared with species from temperate latitudes, and similar to those from the tropics. Those species that have been demonstrated to acclimate take a very long time to do so, with Antarctic fish requiring up to 21-36 days to acclimate, which is 2-4 times as long as temperate species, and invertebrates requiring between 2 and 5 months to complete wholeanimal acclimation. Investigations of upper thermal tolerance (CT max ) in Antarctic marine species have shown that as the rate of warming is reduced in experiments, CT max declines markedly, ranging from 8 to 17.5°C across 13 species at a rate of warming of 1°C day, and from 1 to 6°C at a rate of 1°C month −1 . This effect of the rate of warming on CT max also appears to be present at all latitudes. A macrophysiological analysis of long-term CT max across latitudes for marine benthic groups showed that both Antarctic and tropical species were less resistant to elevated temperatures in experiments and thus had lower warming allowances (measured as the difference between long-term CT max and experienced environmental temperature), or warming resistance, than temperate species. This makes them more at risk from warming than species from intermediate latitudes. This suggests that the variability of environmental temperature may be a major factor in dictating an organism's responses to environmental change.

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Section: Warming Allowances and Estimations Of Thermal Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms

Peck

Morley

Richard

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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126

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“…In a subsequent report, Rajagopal et al (2005b) compared their findings on upper temperature tolerances of M. leucophaeata with those of freshwater D. polymorpha and the marine blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Their results for M. leucophaeata in relation to acclimation temperature, acclimation salinity, animal size, breeding season, and nutritional status demonstrated generally similar patterns to those reported by Rajagopal et al (2005a).…”

Section: Oyster Bedsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…In Europe, where the species is invasive, Vorstman (1933) found specimens at Oosterdock, Amsterdam in salinities from *6 to *10.5; Schütz (1969) reported them from Dutch environments with 3-9 salinity; Van der Velde et al (1992) collected them in the Noordzeekanaal in salinities ranging from 3 to 8; and Rajagopal et al (2005b) reported the species to be common between 1 and 15 salinity in this same canal. Oliver et al (1998) found specimens at Cardiff Docks, South Wales in 15 salinity.…”

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“…An early study by Vorstman (1933) found animals as small as 10 mm to be in reproductive condition by mid-July near Amsterdam, with settlers occurring from the end of July onward. Recently, Rajagopal et al (2005b) reported that M. leucophaeata reproduced in the Noordzeekanaal between June and October while Verween et al (2005) used larval presence in Antwerp Harbour to determine that spawning began in late May to early June and lasted for about 5 months. In a later study, Verween et al (2009a) used histology during an extensive study of gametogenesis and spawning in a population in Antwerp Harbour throughout 2006.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Animals acclimated to 5 salinity survived the longest before succumbing to a high temperature, with tolerances decreasing as acclimation salinity increased. In another experiment, Rajagopal et al (2005b) acclimated 10-mm M. leucophaeata to salinities ranging from 1 to 35 salinity for 14 days at 20°C to measure if such acclimation affected exposure times to 100% mortality at 36, 37, and 38°C. Animals acclimated between 4 and 9 salinity had similar tolerances to test temperatures, with tolerances declining in salinities lower and higher than the 4-9 range.…”

Section: Oyster Bedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The invasive dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae): a literature review

Kennedy

2010

Aquat Ecol

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This paper reviews literature from the Americas and Europe on the dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad in J Acad Nat Sci Phila 6(2):256-268, 1831), including data collected in its native habitat in the Americas that appear as incidental information in published reports. Mytilopsis leucophaeata is a poorly studied dreissenid bivalve that is native to mainly oligohaline-mesohaline regions of estuaries in North America. In its native habitat, it usually occurs in very low numbers and has rarely been mentioned in field survey reports. However, occasionally in its native habitat and often in habitats where it has been introduced (as in Europe and Brazil), it may undergo population irruptions for no clear reason. This review describes habitat characteristics, environmental tolerances, and biological and ecological attributes of the species. The assembled information reveals the species to be euryhaline and eurythermal, with an unexplained ability to persist in its native estuaries even though it is relatively short-lived and usually uncommon.

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Ecological consequences of invasion across the freshwater–marine transition in a warming world

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Solan

Leston

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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The freshwater–marine transition that characterizes an estuarine system can provide multiple entry options for invading species, yet the relative importance of this gradient in determining the functional contribution of invading species has received little attention. The ecological consequences of species invasion are routinely evaluated within a freshwater versus marine context, even though many invasive species can inhabit a wide range of salinities. We investigate the functional consequences of different sizes of Corbicula fluminea—an invasive species able to adapt to a wide range of temperatures and salinity—across the freshwater–marine transition in the presence versus absence of warming. Specifically, we characterize how C. fluminea affect fluid and particle transport, important processes in mediating nutrient cycling (NH 4‐N, NO 3‐N, PO 4‐P). Results showed that sediment particle reworking (bioturbation) tends to be influenced by size and to a lesser extent, temperature and salinity; nutrient concentrations are influenced by different interactions between all variables (salinity, temperature, and size class). Our findings demonstrate the highly context‐dependent nature of the ecosystem consequences of invasion and highlight the potential for species to simultaneously occupy multiple components of an ecosystem. Recognizing of this aspect of invasibility is fundamental to management and conservation efforts, particularly as freshwater and marine systems tend to be compartmentalized rather than be treated as a contiguous unit. We conclude that more comprehensive appreciation of the distribution of invasive species across adjacent habitats and different seasons is urgently needed to allow the true extent of biological introductions, and their ecological consequences, to be fully realized.

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Factors influencing the upper temperature tolerances of three mussel species in a brackish water canal: Size, season and laboratory protocols

Cited by 33 publications

References 19 publications

Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms

Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms

The invasive dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae): a literature review

Ecological consequences of invasion across the freshwater–marine transition in a warming world

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