Temperature effects on larval development in the lithodid crab Lithodes maja
Temperature effects on larval development in the lithodid crab Lithodes maja
Physiological adaptations enabling tolerance of low temperature, as well as adaptations in larval development, are thought to be critical to the global radiation of deep-water lineages of lithodine crabs. However, global climate change is warming the oceans, potentially impacting the biogeographic distributions of these large predatory crabs. To date, larval thermal scope has only been explored in a few deep-water lineage lithodines. We assessed larval development parameters in the northern stone crab Lithodes maja at temperatures ranging from 1 °C to 15 °C. We examined larval survival, duration of development, energetic reserve utilisation, and respiration rate. L. maja larvae displayed a narrow thermal tolerance window and metamorphosed successfully at 6 °C only. Differential uses of energetic reserves among temperatures during development in L. maja support the interpretation of a narrow larval thermal scope and indicate that 6 °C is the optimum temperature for development in this species. Consequently, continued ocean warming is likely to force biogeographic range shifts in L. maja.
Bioenergetics, Early ontogeny, Lecithotrophy, Lithodid, Respiration
73-84
Brown, Alastair
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Thatje, Sven
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Oliphant, Andrew
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Munro, Catriona
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Smith, Kathryn E.
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1 September 2018
Brown, Alastair
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Thatje, Sven
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Oliphant, Andrew
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Munro, Catriona
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Smith, Kathryn E.
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Brown, Alastair, Thatje, Sven, Oliphant, Andrew, Munro, Catriona and Smith, Kathryn E.
(2018)
Temperature effects on larval development in the lithodid crab Lithodes maja.
Journal of Sea Research, 139, .
(doi:10.1016/j.seares.2018.06.009).
Abstract
Physiological adaptations enabling tolerance of low temperature, as well as adaptations in larval development, are thought to be critical to the global radiation of deep-water lineages of lithodine crabs. However, global climate change is warming the oceans, potentially impacting the biogeographic distributions of these large predatory crabs. To date, larval thermal scope has only been explored in a few deep-water lineage lithodines. We assessed larval development parameters in the northern stone crab Lithodes maja at temperatures ranging from 1 °C to 15 °C. We examined larval survival, duration of development, energetic reserve utilisation, and respiration rate. L. maja larvae displayed a narrow thermal tolerance window and metamorphosed successfully at 6 °C only. Differential uses of energetic reserves among temperatures during development in L. maja support the interpretation of a narrow larval thermal scope and indicate that 6 °C is the optimum temperature for development in this species. Consequently, continued ocean warming is likely to force biogeographic range shifts in L. maja.
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Accepted/In Press date: 12 June 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 June 2018
Published date: 1 September 2018
Keywords:
Bioenergetics, Early ontogeny, Lecithotrophy, Lithodid, Respiration
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Local EPrints ID: 422560
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422560
ISSN: 1385-1101
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Sven Thatje
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Catriona Munro
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Kathryn E. Smith
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