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Effects of combined climate change stressors on coral reef fish offspring
项目编号http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/393711240
Dr. BjörnIlling
项目主持机构James Cook University
开始日期2017
英文摘要Anthropogenicclimatechangeisalreadyaffectingtheplanet’secosystems,inparticulartheworld’soceans.Here,elevatedtemperatures,oceanacidificationanddeoxygenatedorhypoxicareasaffect,amongstotherfactors,thegrowthandsurvivalofmarineorganisms.Againstthebackdropofclimatechange,marineenvironmentswithstableconditionsandlesspronouncedseasonalvariabilityposeanincreasingchallengeforlocalorganismsastheirphysiologicaltolerancethresholdsareoftenlessvariableoralreadyattheirlimits.Experimentalapproaches,simulatingprojectedenvironmentalscenarios,canhelpshedlightonhowthesemarineorganismsmodifymetabolicprocesses,whicharekeytobiologicalfitness,sotheycancopewithfutureandlikelyevenmoreextremeconditions.However,thereareonlyfewstudiestestingthecoupledeffectsofthethreeaforementionedstressors,especiallywithregardtomarinefishes.Theirpopulationsizesare,nexttofisheries,controlledbytherecruitmentandsurvivaloftheirlarvaewhichpotentiallyincreasesthesignificanceofclimate-changeaffectedenvironmentalfactorsforpopulationdynamics.Hence,theproposedprojectaimsatinvestigatingtheinteractionandeffectsofincreasedtemperature,oceanacidificationandhypoxiaoneco-physiologicalparametersoftheparticularlyvulnerableearlylifestagesofcoralreeffishes.Twosetsofexperimentswillgiveinsightinhowlarvaeofthecinnamonclownfish(Amphiprionmelanopus),akeyspeciesattheGreatBarrierReef(Australia),respondtoprojectedandsimulatedenvironmentalconditions.Forthis,theinteractionbetweenincreasedtemperatures,oceanacidificationandhypoxiawillbeinvestigatedonmetabolicallyrelevanttraits,includingoxygenconsumptionrates,swimmingperformance,growthandcondition,inindividualfish.Then,furthermeasurementsincludingagillstructureandsurfaceanalysis,aswellasaerobicandanaerobicmetabolicenzymeactivitieswillassistincompletingthepictureonhowtheorganismisrespondingatthetissueandcellularlevels.Bothsetsofexperimentsspanthewholelarvaldevelopment–hatchingtopost-metamorphosis–toidentifywindowswherefishmaybemostatriskandsupportaholisticunderstandingofhowearlylifehistoryisaffectedundernear-futureenvironmentalconditions.Thisnovelandcomprehensiveapproachoffersgreatpotentialfortheconservationofmarinefishes’biodiversity.Inaddition,theprojectispromisingforfurtherresearchapproachesusingmodelstotheoreticallyupscalethephysiologicalresultsfromanorganismaltoapopulationlevel.Suchmodelscouldbeappliedtoothersystemsaswell,forexample,commercialspeciesfromtemperatelatitudeswhereeffortsarebeingmadetosupportsustainablefisheries.
学科分类0603 - 生态学;06 - 生物科学
资助机构DE-DFG
项目类型Research Fellowships
URLhttp://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/393711240?language=en
国家DE
语种英语
文献类型项目
条目标识符http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/69564
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Dr. BjörnIlling.Effects of combined climate change stressors on coral reef fish offspring.2017.
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