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Marine heatwaves have minimal influence on the quality of adult Sydney rock oyster flesh
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Marine heatwaves have minimal influence on the quality of adult Sydney rock oyster flesh

Endurance Ewere, Nedeljka Rosic, Philipp E Bayer, Ajit Ngangbam, David Edwards, Brendan Patrick Kelaher, Lea Theresa Mamo and Kirsten Benkendorff
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol.795, 148846
Autumn 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148846
PMID: 34247068
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Abstract

Seafood quality Ocean warming Immune health Mesocosm Transcriptomics Bivalve
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are impacting marine biodiversity, including fisheries and aquaculture. However, it is largely unknown which species will be able to endure MHWs and at what price. Here, we applied elevated temperature (2 °C above ambient) and two different heatwave scenarios to adults of the economically important Sydney rock oyster (SRO, Saccostrea glomerata), and evaluated the impact on nutritional properties, gene expression profiles and immune health indicators. We found that elevated temperature (23 °C) and a variable heatwave (VHW) during winter caused some significant differences in the micronutrient and trace elements levels in oyster flesh. There was an increase of lead under VHW and a decrease in chromium, barium and aluminium under elevated temperature. Conversely, gene expression profiles and other physiological parameters, including flesh protein, fatty acid profiles and hemocyte numbers, were not affected by MHWs. These results indicate that adult SRO are reasonably resilient, and should continue to provide high-quality seafood, under near-future ocean warming and moderate heatwave scenarios. [Display omitted] •The nutritional quality and immune health of adult Sydney rock oyster were not compromised under marine heatwave and warming.•Gene expression profiles of the exposed oysters were not significantly different from the control.•This implies exposure to marine heatwaves alone is not likely to greatly compromise seafood quality of Sydney rock oysters.

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