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Effects of ocean acidification on larval development and early post-hatching traits in Concholepas concholepas (loco)

2014; Inter-Research; Volume: 514; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps10951

1616-1599

Patricio H. Manríquez, ME Jara, María Loreto Mardones, Rodrigo Torres, NA Lagos, Marco A. Lardies, Cristian A. Vargas, Cristián Duarte, Jorge M. Navarro,

Physiological and biochemical adaptations

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 514:87-103 (2014) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10951 Effects of ocean acidification on larval development and early post-hatching traits in Concholepas concholepas (loco) Patricio H. Manríquez1,*, María Elisa Jara1, Rodrigo Torres2, María Loreto Mardones3, Nelson A. Lagos4, Marco A. Lardies5, Cristian A. Vargas6, Cristián Duarte7, Jorge M. Navarro3 1Laboratorio de Ecología y Conducta de la Ontogenia Temprana (LECOT), Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Avenida Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile 2Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP), Universidad Austral de Chile, Coyhaique, Chile 3Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile 4Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático (CIICC), Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile 5Facultad de Artes Liberales, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile 6Laboratorio de Funcionamiento de Ecosistemas Acuáticos, Centro de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile 7Departamento de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile *Corresponding author: patriciohmanriquez@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Larval stages represent a bottleneck influencing the persistence of marine populations with complex life cycles. Concholepas concholepas is a gastropod species that sustains the most important small-scale artisanal fisheries of the Chile-Peru Humboldt Coastal current system. In this study, newly-laid egg capsules of C. concholepas collected from 3 localities along the Chilean coast were used to evaluate the potential consequences of projected near-future ocean acidification (OA) on larval development and early post-hatching larval traits. We compared hatching time, hatching success and early survivorship of encapsulated larvae reared under contrasting average levels of pCO2: 382 (present-day), ca. 715 and ca. 1028 µatm CO2 (levels expected in near-future scenarios of OA). Moreover, we compared morphological larval traits such as protoconch size, thickness and statolith size at hatching. Some of the developmental traits were negatively affected by pCO2 levels, source locality, female identity, or the interaction between those factors. Meanwhile, the effect of pCO2 levels on morphological larval traits showed significant interactions depending on differences among egg capsules and females. Our results suggest that OA may decouple hatching time from oceanographic processes associated with larval transport and reduce larval survivorship during the dispersive phase, with a potential impact on the species' population dynamics. However, the results also show geographic variability and developmental plasticity in the investigated traits. This variation may lead to an increased acclimatization ability, facilitate the persistence of natural populations and mitigate the negative effects that OA might have on landings and revenues derived from the fishery of this species. KEY WORDS: Hatching time · Hatching success · Early larval survival · Protoconch size · Protoconch thickness · Statolith size · Egg capsule wall thickness · Developmental plasticity Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Manríquez PH, Jara ME, Mardones ML, Torres R and others (2014) Effects of ocean acidification on larval development and early post-hatching traits in Concholepas concholepas (loco). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 514:87-103. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10951 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 514. Online publication date: November 06, 2014 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2014 Inter-Research.