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Seawater acidification more than warming presents a challenge for two Antarctic macroalgal‑associated amphipods

doi: 10.3354/meps11814
handle: 11122/12874
Seawater acidification more than warming presents a challenge for two Antarctic macroalgal‑associated amphipods
Elevated atmospheric pCO2 concentrations are triggering seawater pH reductions and seawater temperature increases along the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). These factors in combination have the potential to influence organisms in an antagonistic, additive, or synergistic manner. The amphipods Gondogeneia antarctica and Paradexamine fissicauda represent prominent members of macroalgal-associated mesograzer assemblages of the WAP. Our primary objective was to investigate amphipod behavioral and physiological responses to reduced seawater pH and elevated temperature to evaluate potential cascading ecological impacts. For 90 d, amphipods were exposed to combinations of seawater conditions based on present ambient (pH 8.0, 1.5°C) and predicted end-of-century conditions (pH 7.6, 3.5°C). We recorded survival, molt frequency, and macroalgal consumption rates as well as change in wet mass and proximate body composition (protein and lipid). Survival for both species declined significantly at reduced pH and co-varied with molt frequency. Consumption rates in G. antarctica were significantly higher at reduced pH and there was an additive pH-temperature effect on consumption rates in P. fissicauda. Body mass was reduced for G. antarctica at elevated temperature, but there was no significant effect of pH or temperature on body mass in P. fissicauda. Exposure to the pH or temperature levels tested did not induce significant changes in whole body biochemical composition of G. antarctica, but exposure to elevated temperature resulted in a significant increase in whole body protein content of P. fissicauda. Our study indicates that while elevated temperature causes sub-lethal impacts on both species of amphipods, reduced pH causes significant mortality.
- Florida Institute of Technology United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham United States
- University of Oregon United States
- University of Alaska System United States
- University of Alaska System United States
Western Antarctic Peninsula, Consumption Rates, Survival, Molt frequency, Climate change, Crustacean, Growth
Western Antarctic Peninsula, Consumption Rates, Survival, Molt frequency, Climate change, Crustacean, Growth
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