Publication Date:
2024-03-15
Description:
Ocean acidification threatens marine ecosystems by altering ocean chemistry and calcification processes in marine organisms. This study investigated the effects of predicted future CO2 levels, under varying temperature levels, on otolith development (size and shape) and chemistry, with the latter aimed at developing a chemical tracer of environmental pCO2. Juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer), a diadromous fish species, were reared in ambient (pCO2: 640 µatm; pH: 7.9) and elevated (pCO2: 1490 µatm; pH: 7.5) pCO2 treatments representing current and projected coastal systems crossed with three temperature levels (26 °C, 30 °C and 34 °C) for 42 days. Otolith shape and size parameters (length, width, perimeter and area) were measured and element concentrations (Na, Mg, Sr, Ba, Li, Mn and B) were quantified using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA ICP-MS). There was an interactive effect of elevated pCO2 and temperature on otolith shape and perimeter, whereas otolith chemistry did not vary among treatments. This study demonstrates that combined elevated pCO2 and temperature can affect the development of important internal structures in diadromous fish, but also suggests that otolith elemental chemistry was not a suitable tracer for pCO2 histories in fish. Future climate change conditions affect an important auditory and balance organ; consequently, rising CO2 levels may interfere with sensory function.
Keywords:
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Aragonite saturation state, standard error; Barium/Calcium ratio; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard error; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Boron/Calcium ratio; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard error; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Chordata; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or 〈 1 m**2); Copper/Calcium ratio; Experiment duration; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Identification; Indian Ocean; Laboratory experiment; Lates calcarifer; Length; Lithium/Calcium ratio; Magnesium/Calcium ratio; Manganese/Calcium ratio; Mass; Nekton; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Otolith, length; Otolith, width; Otolith area; Otolith mass; Otolith perimeter; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air), standard error; Pelagos; pH; pH, standard error; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Registration number of species; Salinity; Salinity, standard error; Single species; Sodium/Calcium ratio; Species; Strontium/Calcium ratio; Temperate; Temperature; Temperature, water; Temperature, water, standard error; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; Uranium/Calcium ratio
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 16808 data points
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