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Campana SE, Smoliński S, Black BA, Morrongiello JR, Alexandroff SJ, Andersson C, Bogstad B, Butler PG, Denechaud C, Frank DC, Geffen AJ, Godiksen JA, Grønkjaer P, Hjörleifsson E, Jónsdóttir IG, Meekan M, Mette M, Tanner SE, van der Sleen P, von Leesen G. Growth portfolios buffer climate-linked environmental change in marine systems. Ecology 2023; 104:e3918. [PMID: 36342309 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Large-scale, climate-induced synchrony in the productivity of fish populations is becoming more pronounced in the world's oceans. As synchrony increases, a population's "portfolio" of responses can be diminished, in turn reducing its resilience to strong perturbation. Here we argue that the costs and benefits of trait synchronization, such as the expression of growth rate, are context dependent. Contrary to prevailing views, synchrony among individuals could actually be beneficial for populations if growth synchrony increases during favorable conditions, and then declines under poor conditions when a broader portfolio of responses could be useful. Importantly, growth synchrony among individuals within populations has seldom been measured, despite well-documented evidence of synchrony across populations. Here, we used century-scale time series of annual otolith growth to test for changes in growth synchronization among individuals within multiple populations of a marine keystone species (Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua). On the basis of 74,662 annual growth increments recorded in 13,749 otoliths, we detected a rising conformity in long-term growth rates within five northeast Atlantic cod populations in response to both favorable growth conditions and a large-scale, multidecadal mode of climate variability similar to the East Atlantic Pattern. The within-population synchrony was distinct from the across-population synchrony commonly reported for large-scale environmental drivers. Climate-linked, among-individual growth synchrony was also identified in other Northeast Atlantic pelagic, deep-sea and bivalve species. We hypothesize that growth synchrony in good years and growth asynchrony in poorer years reflects adaptive trait optimization and bet hedging, respectively, that could confer an unexpected, but pervasive and stabilizing, impact on marine population productivity in response to large-scale environmental change.
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- Steven E Campana
- Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.,National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland
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- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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- Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Aquatic Biology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group and Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Aquatic Biology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Denechaud C, Geffen AJ, Smoliński S, Godiksen JA. Otolith "spawning zones" across multiple Atlantic cod populations: Do they accurately record maturity and spawning? PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257218. [PMID: 34516576 PMCID: PMC8437307 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Specific changes identified in the otolith macrostructure of Northeast Arctic cod as “spawning zones” are presumed to represent spawning events, but recent experimental studies have challenged this relationship. Because these zones are not routinely recorded outside of Norway, otoliths from multiple Atlantic cod populations with different life history and environmental traits were first examined to see if spawning zones could be identified as a general characteristic of cod. Then, a large archival collection of cod otoliths was used to investigate temporal changes in the occurrence of spawning zones and test for correlations between maturity at age derived from otolith spawning zones and gonad maturity stages. This study shows that spawning zones likely are a universal trait of Atlantic cod and not limited to certain environments or migratory behaviors as previously proposed. Maturity at age derived from spawning zone data showed trends consistent with those from gonad examinations. However, spawning zones appear to form with a one- or two-year lag with sexual maturity, which is suspected to reflect a stabilizing of energy partitioning after the first spawning events. Our results illustrate the potential for use of spawning zones, for example in species or populations with limited available maturity data, and highlights the need for addressing the physiological processes behind their formation.
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- Côme Denechaud
- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
- Department of Fisheries Resources, National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
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Geffen AJ, Albretsen J, Huwer B, Nash RDM. Lemon sole Microstomus kitt in the northern North Sea: a multidisciplinary approach to the early life-history dynamics. J Fish Biol 2021; 99:569-580. [PMID: 33792922 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lemon sole Microstomus kitt is a commercially valuable flatfish species that occurs in shelf waters around the northeast Atlantic. Only the most basic life-history information is available for the North Sea. Spawning is generally assumed to occur between early May and October, with a peak between May and August. Lemon sole larvae have been found in the water column in the northern North Sea in winter during standard surveys. Larvae captured in November/December 2016 and January/February 2017 using the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas standard 2 m Midwater Ring trawls (MIK) were analysed to gain a better understanding of the pelagic early life-history stages of lemon sole, especially in relation to the timing of spawning and the dispersal of overwintering larvae. Larval age was estimated from sagittal otolith primary increment counts. The larvae caught in November/December ranged in nominal age from 4 to 45 days post-hatching which suggests that spawning continues into late October and November. Most, but not all, of the larvae caught in January/February were post metamorphosis, and the difference in age between the two sampling dates was consistent with the elapsed time between samplings. The estimated hatching dates confirm that lemon sole spawning extends into late autumn in the northern North Sea, with overwintering larvae in all developmental stages. Drift modelling of eggs and larvae released at historically documented spawning grounds in the northern North Sea suggests that these grounds are also the source for all of the larvae sampled during the 2016-2017 surveys.
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- Audrey J Geffen
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
- Stock Assessments Fisheries Management Advice Group, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK
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Smoliński S, Denechaud C, von Leesen G, Geffen AJ, Grønkjær P, Godiksen JA, Campana SE. Differences in metabolic rate between two Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) populations estimated with carbon isotopic composition in otoliths. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248711. [PMID: 33793572 PMCID: PMC8016290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The isotopic composition of inorganic carbon in otoliths (δ13Coto) can be a useful tracer of metabolic rates and a method to study ecophysiology in wild fish. We evaluated environmental and physiological sources of δ13Coto variation in Icelandic and Northeast Arctic (NEA) cod (Gadus morhua) over the years 1914–2013. Individual annual growth increments of otoliths formed at age 3 and 8 were micromilled and measured by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. Simultaneously, all annual increment widths of the otoliths were measured providing a proxy of fish somatic growth. We hypothesized that changes in the physiological state of the organism, reflected by the isotopic composition of otoliths, can affect the growth rate. Using univariate and multivariate mixed-effects models we estimated conditional correlations between carbon isotopic composition and growth of fish at different levels (within individuals, between individuals, and between years), controlling for intrinsic and extrinsic effects on both otolith measurements. δ13Coto was correlated with growth within individuals and between years, which was attributed to the intrinsic effects (fish age or total length). There was no significant correlation between δ13Coto and growth between individuals, which suggests that caution is needed when interpreting δ13Coto signals. We found a significant decrease in δ13Coto through the century which was explained by the oceanic Suess effect-admixture of isotopically light carbon from fossil fuel. We calculated the proportion of the respired carbon in otolith carbonate (Cresp) using carbon isotopic composition in diet and dissolved inorganic carbon of the seawater. This approach allowed us to correct the values for each stock in relation to these two environmental baselines. Cresp was on average 0.275 and 0.295 in Icelandic and NEA stock, respectively. Our results provide an insight into the physiological basis for differences in growth characteristics between these two cod stocks, and how that may vary over time.
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- Szymon Smoliński
- Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Fisheries Resources, National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland
- * E-mail:
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Aquatic Biology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Denechaud C, Smoliński S, Geffen AJ, Godiksen JA, Campana SE. A century of fish growth in relation to climate change, population dynamics and exploitation. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:5661-5678. [PMID: 32741054 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Marine ecosystems, particularly in high-latitude regions such as the Arctic, have been significantly affected by human activities and contributions to climate change. Evaluating how fish populations responded to past changes in their environment is helpful for evaluating their future patterns, but is often hindered by the lack of long-term biological data available. Using otolith increments of Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) as a proxy for individual growth, we developed a century-scale biochronology (1924-2014) based on the measurements of 3,894 fish, which revealed significant variations in cod growth over the last 91 years. We combined mixed-effect modeling and path analysis to relate these growth variations to selected climate, population and fishing-related factors. Cod growth was negatively related to cod population size and positively related to capelin population size, one of the most important prey items. This suggests that density-dependent effects are the main source of growth variability due to competition for resources and cannibalism. Growth was also positively correlated with warming sea temperatures but negatively correlated with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, suggesting contrasting effects of climate warming at different spatial scales. Fishing pressure had a significant but weak negative direct impact on growth. Additionally, path analysis revealed that the selected growth factors were interrelated. Capelin biomass was positively related to sea temperature and negatively influenced by herring biomass, while cod biomass was mainly driven by fishing mortality. Together, these results give a better understanding of how multiple interacting factors have shaped cod growth throughout a century, both directly and indirectly.
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- Côme Denechaud
- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
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- Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (HI), Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Georg H Engelhard
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, UK
- Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas (CCSUS), University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, UK
- Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas (CCSUS), University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK
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Nguyen HT, Tran AT, Ha LTL, Ngo DN, Dang BT, Geffen AJ. Host choice and fitness of anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) living with host anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) in captive conditions. J Fish Biol 2019; 94:937-947. [PMID: 30676646 PMCID: PMC6850181 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the host choice of naïve Amphiprion ocellaris, a specialist, at two different stages of development (newly settling juveniles and post-settlement juveniles). The fish were exposed to their natural and unnatural host species in the laboratory and their fitness was assessed in terms of activity and growth rate. Newly settling juveniles exhibited little host preference, while post-settlement juveniles immediately associated with their most common host in the wild. The analysis of fish activity confirmed that A. ocellaris is diurnal; they are most active in the morning, less at midday and barely move at night. The average travelling distance of juveniles was shorter in the groups living with their natural host, increasing in the groups living with an unnatural host and was highest in groups that did not become associated with any other unnatural host species. Post-settlement juveniles living with the natural host species grew better than those living with unnatural hosts or without anemone contact. These results suggest that the welfare of A. ocellaris in captivity will be optimized by keeping them with their natural anemone host species, although more generalist Amphiprion species may survive in association with other hosts.
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- Hai‐Thanh T. Nguyen
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of BergenBergenNorway
- Institute of Biotechnology and EnvironmentNha Trang UniversityNha TrangVietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology and EnvironmentNha Trang UniversityNha TrangVietnam
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- Aquatechnology DepartmentInstitute of OceanographyNha TrangVietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology and EnvironmentNha Trang UniversityNha TrangVietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology and EnvironmentNha Trang UniversityNha TrangVietnam
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of BergenBergenNorway
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Maneja RH, Dineshram R, Thiyagarajan V, Skiftesvik AB, Frommel AY, Clemmesen C, Geffen AJ, Browman HI. The proteome of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae is resistant to elevated pCO2. Mar Pollut Bull 2014; 86:154-160. [PMID: 25110053 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
Elevated anthropogenic pCO2 can delay growth and impair otolith structure and function in the larvae of some fishes. These effects may concurrently alter the larva's proteome expression pattern. To test this hypothesis, Atlantic herring larvae were exposed to ambient (370 μatm) and elevated (1800 μatm) pCO2 for one-month. The proteome structure of the larvae was examined using a 2-DE and mass spectrometry. The length of herring larvae was marginally less in the elevated pCO2 treatment compared to the control. The proteome structure was also different between the control and treatment, but only slightly: the expression of a small number of proteins was altered by a factor of less than 2-fold at elevated pCO2. This comparative proteome analysis suggests that the proteome of herring larvae is resilient to elevated pCO2. These observations suggest that herring larvae can cope with levels of CO2 projected for near future without significant proteome-wide changes.
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- Rommel H Maneja
- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel-GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel-GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel-GEOMAR, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Austevoll Research Station, 5392 Storebø, Norway.
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Frommel AY, Maneja R, Lowe D, Pascoe CK, Geffen AJ, Folkvord A, Piatkowski U, Clemmesen C. Organ damage in Atlantic herring larvae as a result of ocean acidification. Ecol Appl 2014; 24:1131-43. [PMID: 25154101 DOI: 10.1890/13-0297.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
The dissolution of anthropogenically emitted excess carbon dioxide lowers the pH of the world's ocean water. The larvae of mass spawning marine fishes may be particularly vulnerable to such ocean acidification (OA), yet the generality of earlier results is unclear. Here we show the detrimental effects of OA on the development of a commercially important fish species, the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). Larvae were reared at three levels of CO2: today (0.0385 kPa), end of next century (0.183 kPa), and a coastal upwelling scenario (0.426 kPa), under near-natural conditions in large outdoor tanks. Exposure to elevated CO2 levels resulted in stunted growth and development, decreased condition, and severe tissue damage in many organs, with the degree of damage increasing with CO2 concentration. This complements earlier studies of OA on Atlantic cod larvae that revealed similar organ damage but at increased growth rates and no effect on condition.
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Milano I, Babbucci M, Cariani A, Atanassova M, Bekkevold D, Carvalho GR, Espiñeira M, Fiorentino F, Garofalo G, Geffen AJ, Hansen JH, Helyar SJ, Nielsen EE, Ogden R, Patarnello T, Stagioni M, Tinti F, Bargelloni L. Outlier SNP markers reveal fine-scale genetic structuring across European hake populations (Merluccius merluccius). Mol Ecol 2013; 23:118-35. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ilaria Milano
- Department of Biological; Geological and Environmental Sciences; University of Bologna; via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science-Agripolis-Viale dell'Università 16; I-35020 Legnaro Padova Italy
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- Department of Biological; Geological and Environmental Sciences; University of Bologna; via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Living Resources, Aquaculture and Management of their Traceability Division of ANFACO-CECOPESCA; Ctra. Colegio Universitario 16; 36.310 Vigo Spain
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 DK-8600 Silkeborg Denmark
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- Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory; School of Biological Sciences; Bangor University; Environment Centre Wales; Bangor UK
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- Living Resources, Aquaculture and Management of their Traceability Division of ANFACO-CECOPESCA; Ctra. Colegio Universitario 16; 36.310 Vigo Spain
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- National Research Council (CNR)-Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC); Via L. Vaccara 61 91026 Mazara del Vallo Trapani Italy
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- National Research Council (CNR)-Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC); Via L. Vaccara 61 91026 Mazara del Vallo Trapani Italy
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- Department of Biology; University of Bergen; P.O. Box 7803, N-5020 Bergen Norway
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- Living Resources, Aquaculture and Management of their Traceability Division of ANFACO-CECOPESCA; Ctra. Colegio Universitario 16; 36.310 Vigo Spain
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- Food Safety, Environment & Genetics; Matís ohf, Vínlandsleið 12; 113 Reykjavík Iceland
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 DK-8600 Silkeborg Denmark
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- TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh EH12 6TS UK
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science-Agripolis-Viale dell'Università 16; I-35020 Legnaro Padova Italy
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- Department of Biological; Geological and Environmental Sciences; University of Bologna; via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Biological; Geological and Environmental Sciences; University of Bologna; via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science-Agripolis-Viale dell'Università 16; I-35020 Legnaro Padova Italy
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Hemmer-Hansen J, Nielsen EE, Therkildsen NO, Taylor MI, Ogden R, Geffen AJ, Bekkevold D, Helyar S, Pampoulie C, Johansen T, Carvalho GR. A genomic island linked to ecotype divergence in Atlantic cod. Mol Ecol 2013; 22:2653-67. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 01/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Jakob Hemmer-Hansen
- Section for Marine Living Resources; National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 Silkeborg DK-8600 Denmark
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- Section for Marine Living Resources; National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 Silkeborg DK-8600 Denmark
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- Section for Marine Living Resources; National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 Silkeborg DK-8600 Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences; University of East Anglia; Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh EH12 6TS UK
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- Department of Biology; University of Bergen; PB 7803 Bergen N-5020 Norway
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- Section for Marine Living Resources; National Institute of Aquatic Resources; Technical University of Denmark; Vejlsøvej 39 Silkeborg DK-8600 Denmark
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- Institute of Marine Research Tromsø; PO Box 6404 Tromsø N-9294 Norway
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- Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory; School of Biological Sciences; Environment Centre Wales; Bangor University; Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW UK
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Meier S, Morton HC, Andersson E, Geffen AJ, Taranger GL, Larsen M, Petersen M, Djurhuus R, Klungsøyr J, Svardal A. Low-dose exposure to alkylphenols adversely affects the sexual development of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): acceleration of the onset of puberty and delayed seasonal gonad development in mature female cod. Aquat Toxicol 2011; 105:136-150. [PMID: 21722617 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Produced water (PW), a by-product of the oil-production process, contains large amount of alkylphenols (APs) and other harmful oil compounds. In the last 20 years, there have been increasing concerns regarding the environmental impact of large increases in the amounts of PW released into the North Sea. We have previously shown that low levels of APs can induce disruption of the endocrine and reproductive systems of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The aims of this follow-up study were to: (i) identify the lowest observable effect concentration of APs; (ii) study the effects of exposure to real PW, obtained from a North Sea oil-production platform; and (iii) study the biological mechanism of endocrine disruption in female cod. Fish were fed with feed paste containing several concentrations of four different APs (4-tert-butylphenol, 4-n-pentylphenol, 4-n-hexylphenol and 4-n-heptylphenol) or real PW for 20 weeks throughout the normal period of vitellogenesis in Atlantic cod from October to January. Male and female cod, exposed to AP and PW, were compared to unexposed fish and to fish fed paste containing 17β-oestradiol (E(2)). Approximately 60% of the females and 96% of the males in the unexposed groups were mature at the end of the experiment. Our results show that exposure to APs and E(2) have different effects depending on the developmental stage of the fish. We observed that juvenile females are advanced into puberty and maturation, while gonad development was delayed in both maturing females and males. The AP-exposed groups contained increased numbers of mature females, and significant differences between the untreated group and the AP-treated groups were seen down to a dose of 4 μg AP/kg body weight. In the high-dose AP and the E(2) exposed groups, all females matured and no juveniles were seen. These results suggest that AP-exposure can affect the timing of the onset of puberty in fish even at extremely low concentrations. Importantly, similar effects were not seen in the fish that were exposed to real PW.
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Ciotti BJ, Targett TE, Nash RDM, Batty RS, Burrows MT, Geffen AJ. Development, validation and field application of an RNA-based growth index in juvenile plaice Pleuronectes platessa. J Fish Biol 2010; 77:2181-2209. [PMID: 21155778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A general mechanism relating RNA concentration and growth rate is derived from four physiological assumptions and developed into a growth index for juvenile plaice Pleuronectes platessa. The index describing instantaneous growth rates (G, day⁻¹) in the laboratory with the lowest Akaike information criterion with small-sample bias adjustment was a function of RNA concentration (R, g(RNA)g⁻¹(wet mass)), temperature (T, ° K), body mass (M, g) and DNA concentration (D, g(DNA)g⁻¹(wet mass)): G = β₀ + β(R) R + β(T)T + β(T2)T² + β(M)M + β(D)D + β(RT)RT. RNA concentration began to respond to changes in feeding conditions within 8 days, suggesting that the index reflects growth rate in the short-term. Furthermore, the index distinguished between rapid growth and negative growth of juvenile P. platessa measured directly in laboratory and field enclosures, respectively. An application of the RNA-based growth index at two beaches on the west coast of Scotland suggested that the growth of juvenile P. platessa varies considerably in space and time and is submaximum in late summer.
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- B J Ciotti
- School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, USA.
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Nash RDM, Kjesbu OS, Trippel EA, Finden H, Geffen AJ. Potential Variability in the Paternal Contribution to Stock Reproductive Potential of Northeast Arctic Cod (Gadus morhua). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.2960/j.v41.m619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Morales-Nin B, Geffen AJ, Cardona F, Kruber C, Saborido-Rey F. The effect of Prestige oil ingestion on the growth and chemical composition of turbot otoliths. Mar Pollut Bull 2007; 54:1732-41. [PMID: 17889035 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) were kept in captivity and were fed a prepared food contaminated with five different concentrations of seawater-accommodated fuel oil from 2.4+/-0.35 to 48.2+/-2.2 mg g(-1) food, with a control group receiving uncontaminated food. The growth and survival of individually tagged fish (N=202) were measured after a six-week treatment period. The otolith growth rate was measured and otolith composition was determined before and after the treatments using LA-ICPMS. Fish and otolith growth were negatively affected by the fuel oil treatment, and the response decreased with the level of contamination. Otolith growth and element incorporation peaked at mid level exposures and decreased at the highest level. The otolith elemental composition reflected the presence of some elements in the Prestige fuel that may have been incorporated through the diet into the otolith.
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- B Morales-Nin
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (CSIC/UIB), Miquel Marqués 21, 07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain.
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Tomás J, Geffen AJ, Allen IS, Berges J. Analysis of the soluble matrix of vaterite otoliths of juvenile herring (Clupea harengus): do crystalline otoliths have less protein? Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2004; 139:301-8. [PMID: 15556385 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2004] [Revised: 09/21/2004] [Accepted: 09/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Otoliths are calcium carbonate concretions laid down in the inner ear of fish and used in fish age estimation. Otoliths precipitate in the form of aragonite but aberrant precipitation may result in vaterite formation instead of aragonite. Vaterite otoliths are more translucent than aragonite. The quantity of HCl-soluble proteins (SP) was measured in the vaterite otoliths and their aragonite pairs of one year old reared herring Clupea harengus to assess the changes induced by the precipitation of vaterite in the amount of soluble proteins in the otolith. Results showed that vaterite otoliths had as much soluble proteins as their aragonite pairs (p>0.05). Due to the lower density of the vaterite, vaterite otoliths were lighter than their aragonite pairs (p<0.05) which explained that protein concentrations were significantly higher (p<0.05) than in aragonite otoliths. These results indicate that the precipitation of vaterite in otoliths did not affect the inclusion of soluble proteins. Furthermore, they suggest that soluble proteins do not affect the translucent or opaque appearance of otoliths. Differences in translucency may instead be caused by the amounts of insoluble proteins or by differences in the physical properties of proteins. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of the otolith proteins revealed two bands at 50 and 62 kDa in both aragonite and vaterite otoliths suggesting that the precipitation of vaterite in the otolith is not controlled by either of these two proteins present in the otolith.
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- Javier Tomás
- Port Erin Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6JA, UK.
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