Limited behavioural effects of ocean acidification on a Mediterranean anemone goby (Gobius incognitus) chronically exposed to elevated CO 2 levels.

Autor: Spatafora D; Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 28, I-90123, Palermo, Italy; Shimoda Marine Research Centre, Tsukuba University, Shimoda City, Shizuoka 415-0025, Japan. Electronic address: davide.spatafora@unipa.it., Cattano C; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt), 90149, Palermo, Italy., Aglieri G; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Sicily, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt), 90149, Palermo, Italy., Quattrocchi F; Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council CNR, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy., Turco G; Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 28, I-90123, Palermo, Italy., Quartararo G; Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 28, I-90123, Palermo, Italy., Dudemaine J; Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada., Calosi P; Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada., Milazzo M; Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 28, I-90123, Palermo, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine environmental research [Mar Environ Res] 2022 Nov; Vol. 181, pp. 105758. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105758
Abstrakt: An in situ reciprocal transplant experiment was carried around a volcanic CO 2 vent to evaluate the anti-predator responses of an anemone goby species exposed to ambient (∼380 μatm) and high (∼850 μatm) CO 2 sites. Overall, the anemone gobies displayed largely unaffected behaviors under high-CO 2 conditions suggesting an adaptive potential of Gobius incognitus to ocean acidification (OA) conditions. This is also supported by its 3-fold higher density recorded in the field under high CO 2 . However, while fish exposed to ambient conditions showed an expected reduction in the swimming activity in the proximity of the predator between the pre- and post-exposure period, no such changes were detected in any of the other treatments where fish experienced acute and long-term high CO 2 . This may suggest an OA effect on the goby antipredator strategy. Our findings contribute to the ongoing debate over the need for realistic predictions of the impacts of expected increased CO 2 concentration on fish, providing evidence from a natural high CO 2 system.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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