Thermal tolerance of two species of marine crab, Cancer pagurus and Carcinus maenas

Cuculescu, Mirela; Hyde, David; Bowler, K.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4565(98)00008-4

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“…It is generally accepted that thermal tolerance varies within a genetically fixed range that is subjected to phenotypic alteration (Cuculescu et al, 1998). Thermal history at the individual level and parental effects are generally considered the most important factors determining phenotypic plasticity (Cossins and Bowler, 1987;Shaefer and Ryan, 2006).…”

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Effect of warming rate on the critical thermal maxima of crabs, shrimp and fish

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Mendonça

et al. 2015

Journal of Thermal Biology

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Effect of warming rate on the critical thermal maxima of crabs, shrimp and fish

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Mendonça

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Journal of Thermal Biology

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“…Becker and Genoway, 1979;Cuculescu et al, 1998;Mora and Ospina, 2001;Madeira et al, 2012;Kaspari et al, 2015). The CTMax is determined by gradually increasing temperature until a critical point is reached (e.g.…”

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Vulnerability to climate warming and acclimation capacity of tropical and temperate coastal organisms

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“…Individuals were allowed to settle for 30 min before the start of experiments. During the experiments, water temperature and individuals were monitored continuously using protocols in Cuculescu et al (1998) until the temperature of occurrence of LRR and OS was reached.…”

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Impact of medium-term exposure to CO2 enriched seawater on the physiological functions of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber

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Aquat. Biol.

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Ocean acidification (OA) is predicted to play a major role in shaping species biogeography and marine biodiversity over the next century. We tested the effect of medium-term exposure to OA (pH 8.00, 7.30 and 6.70 for 30 d) on acid -base balance in the decapod crab Necora puber -a species that is known to possess good extracellular buffering ability during short-term exposure to hypercapnic conditions. To determine if crabs undergo physiological trade-offs in order to buffer their haemolymph, we characterised a number of fundamental physiological functions, i.e. metabolic rate, tolerance to heat, carapace and chelae [Ca 2+ ] and [Mg 2+ ], haemolymph [Ca 2+ ] and [Mg 2+ ], and immune response in terms of lipid peroxidation. Necora puber was able to buffer changes to extracellular pH over 30 d exposure to hypercapnic water, with no evidence of net shell dissolution, thus demonstrating that HCO 3 -is actively taken up from the surrounding water. In addition, tolerance to heat, carapace mineralization, and aspects of immune response were not affected by hypercapnic conditions. In contrast, whole-animal O 2 uptake significantly decreased with hypercapnia, while significant increases in haemolymph [Ca 2+ ] and [Mg 2+ ] and chelae [Mg 2+ ] were observed with hypercapnia. Our results confirm that most physiological functions in N. puber are resistant to low pH/ hypercapnia over a longer period than previously investigated, although such resistance comes at the expenses of metabolic rates, haemolymph chemistry and chelae mineralization.KEY WORDS: Ocean acidification · Physiology · Metabolic depression · Necora puber · Thermal tolerance · Carbon capture and storage Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher

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Thermal tolerance of two species of marine crab, Cancer pagurus and Carcinus maenas

Cited by 105 publications

References 18 publications

Effect of warming rate on the critical thermal maxima of crabs, shrimp and fish

Effect of warming rate on the critical thermal maxima of crabs, shrimp and fish

Vulnerability to climate warming and acclimation capacity of tropical and temperate coastal organisms

Impact of medium-term exposure to CO2 enriched seawater on the physiological functions of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber

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