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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1002/ecs2.1308
Titel (primär) Lake Baikal amphipods under climate change: thermal constraints and ecological consequences
Autor Jakob, L.; Axenov-Gribanov, D.V.; Gurkov, A.N.; Ginzburg, M.; Bedulina, D.S.; Timofeyev, M.A.; Luckenbach, T. ORCID logo ; Lucassen, M.; Sartoris, F.J.; Pörtner, H.-O.
Quelle Ecosphere
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
Department BIOTOX
Band/Volume 7
Heft 3
Seite von e01308
Sprache englisch
Keywords Amphipoda; breakpoint temperature; Eulimnogammarus cyaneus; Eulimnogammarus verrucosus; Gammarus lacustris; global warming; ion regulation; Lake Baikal; metabolic rate; thermal tolerance; ventilation
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Abstract Lake Baikal, the world's most voluminous freshwater lake, has experienced unprecedented warming during the last decades. A uniquely diverse amphipod fauna inhabits the littoral zone and can serve as a model system to identify the role of thermal tolerance under climate change. This study aimed to identify sublethal thermal constraints in two of the most abundant endemic Baikal amphipods, Eulimnogammarus verrucosus and Eulimnogammarus cyaneus, and Gammarus lacustris, a ubiquitous gammarid of the Holarctic. As the latter is only found in some shallow isolated bays of the lake, we further addressed the question whether rising temperatures could promote the widespread invasion of this non-endemic species into the littoral zone. Animals were exposed to gradual temperature increases (4 week, 0.8 °C/d; 24 h, 1 °C/h) starting from the reported annual mean temperature of the Baikal littoral (6 °C). Within the framework of oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance (OCLTT), we used a nonlinear regression approach to determine the points at which the changing temperature-dependence of relevant physiological processes indicates the onset of limitation. Limitations in ventilation representing the first limits of thermal tolerance (pejus (= “getting worse”) temperatures (Tp)) were recorded at 10.6 (95% confidence interval; 9.5, 11.7), 19.1 (17.9, 20.2), and 21.1 (19.8, 22.4) °C in E. verrucosus, E. cyaneus, and G. lacustris, respectively. Field observations revealed that E. verrucosus retreated from the upper littoral to deeper and cooler waters once its Tp was surpassed, identifying Tp as the ecological thermal boundary. Constraints in oxygen consumption at higher than critical temperatures (Tc) led to an exponential increase in mortality in all species. Exposure to short-term warming resulted in higher threshold values, consistent with a time dependence of thermal tolerance. In conclusion, species-specific limits to oxygen supply capacity are likely key in the onset of constraining (beyond pejus) and then life-threatening (beyond critical) conditions. Ecological consequences of these limits are mediated through behavioral plasticity in E. verrucosus. However, similar upper thermal limits in E. cyaneus (endemic, Baikal) and G. lacustris (ubiquitous, Holarctic) indicate that the potential invader G. lacustris would not necessarily benefit from rising temperatures. Secondary effects of increasing temperatures remain to be investigated.
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Jakob, L., Axenov-Gribanov, D.V., Gurkov, A.N., Ginzburg, M., Bedulina, D.S., Timofeyev, M.A., Luckenbach, T., Lucassen, M., Sartoris, F.J., Pörtner, H.-O. (2016):
Lake Baikal amphipods under climate change: thermal constraints and ecological consequences
Ecosphere 7 (3), e01308 10.1002/ecs2.1308