The Multi-Generational Effect of Seawater Acidification on Larval Development, Reproduction, Ingestion Rate, and ATPase Activity of <i>Tigriopus japonicus</i> Mori, 1938
2023
Fei Li | S. G. Cheung | P. K. S. Shin | Xiaoshou Liu | Yanan Li | Fanghong Mu
Ocean acidification threatens marine organisms continuously. To ascertain if adaptation of marine species to ocean acidification enhanced over multiple generations, we studied the transgenerational effects of ocean acidification on the development, reproduction, ingestion rate, and ATPase activity of a copepod <i>Tigriopus japonicus</i> Mori, 1938. In the first mode, individuals were exposed to either one of the pH levels (8.1 (control), 7.7, 7.3) for five successive generations. In the second mode, each successive generation was exposed to a lower pH level (pH levels: 8.1, 7.9, 7.7, 7.5, 7.3). After prolonged exposure to a constant seawater acidification level, the capacity to adapt to the stress increased. However, when exposed to seawater of descending pH, the detrimental effects gradually increased. Energy allocated to development and reproduction was reduced although the ingestion rate continued to improve in successive generations. Therefore, ongoing ocean acidification might lower the energy transfer of copepods to higher trophic levels.
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