Plastic and evolutionary responses to climate change in fish

Crozier, Lisa G.; Hutchings, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1111/eva.12135

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“…Plasticity in species traits and behavior are relatively well-studied and have been shown to allow species to compensate for changing climate (Crozier and Hutchings, 2014). For example, plasticity of foraging behavior has allowed the little Auk, Alle alle, to maintain fitness across a range of sea surface temperatures in the Greenland Sea (Gremillet et al, 2012).…”

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Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

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Climate change is driving changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have consequences for marine ecosystems. Here, we review evidence for the responses of marine life to recent climate change across ocean regions, from tropical seas to polar oceans. We consider observed changes in calcification rates, demography, abundance, distribution, and phenology of marine species. We draw on a database of observed climate change impacts on marine species, supplemented with evidence in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We discuss factors that limit or facilitate species' responses, such as fishing pressure, the availability of prey, habitat, light and other resources, and dispersal by ocean currents. We find that general trends in species' responses are consistent with expectations from climate change, including shifts in distribution to higher latitudes and to deeper locations, advances in spring phenology, declines in calcification, and increases in the abundance of warm-water species. The volume and type of evidence associated with species responses to climate change is variable across ocean regions and taxonomic groups, with predominance of evidence derived from the heavily-studied north Atlantic Ocean. Most investigations of the impact of climate change being associated with the impacts of changing temperature, with few observations of effects of changing oxygen, wave climate, precipitation (coastal waters), or ocean acidification. Observations of species responses that have been linked to anthropogenic climate change are widespread, but are still lacking for some taxonomic groups (e.g., phytoplankton, benthic invertebrates, marine mammals).

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Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

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“…This may cause high vulnerability in seasonally spawning fish species (Crozier and Hutchings, 2014;Elettra et al, 2014). There is medium confidence that warming also causes a decrease in the body size of some marine fishes (Rice et al, 2014).…”

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An updated synthesis of the observed and projected impacts of climate change on the chemical, physical and biological processes in the oceans

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The 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states with very high certainty that anthropogenic emissions have caused measurable changes in the physical ocean environment. These changes are summarized with special focus on those that are predicted to have the strongest, most direct effects on ocean biological processes; namely, ocean warming and associated phenomena (including stratification and sea level rise) as well as deoxygenation and ocean acidification. The biological effects of these changes are then discussed for microbes (including phytoplankton), plants, animals, warm and cold-water corals, and ecosystems. The IPCC AR5 highlighted several areas related to both the physical and biological processes that required further research. As a rapidly developing field, there have been many pertinent studies published since the cut off dates for the AR5, which have increased our understanding of the processes at work. This study undertook an extensive review of recently published literature to update the findings of the AR5 and provide a synthesized review on the main issues facing future oceans. The level of detail provided in the AR5 and subsequent work provided a basis for constructing projections of the state of ocean ecosystems in 2100 under two the Representative Concentration Pathways RCP4.5 and 8.5. Finally the review highlights notable additions, clarifications and points of departure from AR5 provided by subsequent studies.

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“…Although empirical evidence is scarce relative to that of plastic responses (Merilä and Hendry 2014), rapid evolution in response to environmental change has been documented in a variety of taxa (e.g., Bradshaw and Holzapfel 2001;Umina et al 2005;Derry and Arnott 2007;Charmantier et al 2008), including fishes (reviewed by Crozier and Hutchings 2014). This section summarizes what has been learned about adaptive responses to environmental change in fishes from RNA-seq experiments.…”

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Transcriptomic responses to environmental change in fishes: Insights from RNA sequencing

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Hutchings

2017

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The need to better understand how plasticity and evolution affect organismal responses to environmental variability is paramount in the face of global climate change. The potential for using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to study complex responses by non-model organisms to the environment is evident in a rapidly growing body of literature. This is particularly true of fishes for which research has been motivated by their ecological importance, socioeconomic value, and increased use as model species for medical and genetic research. Here, we review studies that have used RNA-seq to study transcriptomic responses to continuous abiotic variables to which fishes have likely evolved a response and that are predicted to be affected by climate change (e.g., salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, and pH). Field and laboratory experiments demonstrate the potential for individuals to respond plastically to short-and long-term environmental stress and reveal molecular mechanisms underlying developmental and transgenerational plasticity, as well as adaptation to different environmental regimes. We discuss experimental, analytical, and conceptual issues that have arisen from this work and suggest avenues for future study.

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Plastic and evolutionary responses to climate change in fish

Cited by 388 publications

References 193 publications

Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

An updated synthesis of the observed and projected impacts of climate change on the chemical, physical and biological processes in the oceans

Transcriptomic responses to environmental change in fishes: Insights from RNA sequencing

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