Journal article
Climate change alters shellfish reef communities: A temperate mesocosm experiment
Marine pollution bulletin, Vol.173(Pt B), 113113
12/2021
PMID: 34768191
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Abstract
Climate change is expected to cause significant changes to rocky shore diversity. This study used outdoor mesocosms to test the predictions that warming and ocean acidification will alter the responses of native Trichomya hirsuta and introduced Mytilus galloprovincialis mussels, and their associated communities of infauna. Experiments consisted of orthogonal combinations of temperature (ambient 22 degrees C or elevated 25 degrees C), pCO2 (ambient 400 mu atm or elevated 1000 mu atm), mussel species (T. hirsuta or M. galloprovincialis), and mussel configuration (native, introduced, or both), with n = 3 replicates. Elevated pCO2 reduced the growth of T. hirsuta but not that of M. galloprovincialis, and warming and pCO2 influenced the infauna that colonised both species of mussels. There was a reduction in infaunal molluscs and an increase in polychaetes; there was, however, no effect on crustaceans. Results from this study suggest that climate-driven changes from one mussel species to another can significantly influence infaunal communities.
Details
- Title
- Climate change alters shellfish reef communities: A temperate mesocosm experiment
- Creators
- Victoria J. Cole - University of SydneyLaura M. Parker - University of SydneyElliot Scanes - University of SydneyJohn Wright - University of SydneyLauren Barnett - Western Sydney UniversityPauline M. Ross - University of Sydney
- Publication Details
- Marine pollution bulletin, Vol.173(Pt B), 113113
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Royal Zoological Society NSW Ethel Mary Read Research Grant Western Sydney University Science Internal Research Scheme Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine Program
- Identifiers
- 991013125995402368
- Copyright
- Crown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article