Adult acclimation to combined temperature and pH stressors significantly enhances reproductive outcomes compared to short-term exposures

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 773-784

  Suckling, Coleen C ^a,b,c   Clark, Melody S ^a   Richard, Joelle ^a,d   Morley, Simon A ^a   Thorne, Michael A S ^a   Harper, Elizabeth M ^b   Peck, Lloyd S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

CO2; Echinoderm; Gonad maturation; Larval development; Oxygen consumption; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI;

SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA URCHIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTION; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928213367     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12316     Document Type: Article

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