Lack of acclimation in Ophionotus victoriae: brittle stars are not fish

Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Massey, Alison; Thorne, Michael A.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7759-612X; Clark, Melody S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-3824. 2009 Lack of acclimation in Ophionotus victoriae: brittle stars are not fish. Polar Biology, 32 (3). 399-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0532-y

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Abstract/Summary

Acclimation is possibly the most important criterion deciding an animal's ability to survive change. Species with poor abilities to acclimate to small environmental change are likely to be the most vulnerable in future warming scenarios. Two separate assemblages of Ophionotus victoriae were slowly acclimated from 0A degrees C to either +2 or +3A degrees C and then held at these higher temperatures over a prolonged timescale. None of the animals were able to acclimate; with failure occurring from day 19 at +3A degrees C and day 24 at +2A degrees C, indicating that this species is very sensitive to small long-term seawater temperature increases. These data indicate that O. victoriae has probably the poorest ability to acclimate to elevated temperatures of any species studied to date. Given previous data showing some Antarctic fish can acclimate to +4A degrees C, the predicted effects of increased seawater temperatures on the Antarctic food web and ecology must be assessed at the individual species level and interpreted with care.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0532-y
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Biodiversity, Functions, Limits and Adaptation from Molecules to Ecosystems
ISSN:	0722-4060
Additional Keywords:	Ophiuroid; Antarctic; Temperature; Climate change; Acclimation; Vulnerability
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Biology and Microbiology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	11 Nov 2010 09:55 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11178

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0532-y

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Biodiversity, Functions, Limits and Adaptation from Molecules to Ecosystems

ISSN:

0722-4060

Additional Keywords:

Ophiuroid; Antarctic; Temperature; Climate change; Acclimation; Vulnerability

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Biology and Microbiology
Ecology and Environment