The swimming kinematics of larval Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., are resilient to elevated seawater pCO2.

Maneja, Rommel, Frommel, Andrea, Browman, H. I., Clemmesen, Catriona , Geffen, A. J., Folkvord, A., Piatkowski, Uwe , Durif, C. M. F., Bjelland, R. and Skiftesvik, A. B. (2013) The swimming kinematics of larval Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., are resilient to elevated seawater pCO2. Marine Biology, 160 (8). pp. 1963-1972. DOI 10.1007/s00227-012-2054-y.

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Abstract

Kinematics of swimming behavior of larval Atlantic cod, aged 12 and 27 days post-hatch (dph) and cultured under three pCO2 conditions (control-370, medium-1800, and high-4200 μatm) from March to May 2010, were extracted from swim path recordings obtained using silhouette video photography. The swim paths were analyzed for swim duration, distance and speed, stop duration, and horizontal and vertical turn angles to determine whether elevated seawater pCO2—at beyond near-future ocean acidification levels—affects the swimming kinematics of Atlantic cod larvae. There were no significant differences in most of the variables tested: the swimming kinematics of Atlantic cod larvae at 12 and 27 dph were highly resilient to extremely elevated pCO2 levels. Nonetheless, cod larvae cultured at the highest pCO2 concentration displayed vertical turn angles that were more restricted (median turn angle, 15°) than larvae in the control (19°) and medium (19°) treatments at 12 dph (but not at 27 dph). Significant reduction in the stop duration of cod larvae from the high treatment (median stop duration, 0.28 s) was also observed compared to the larvae from the control group (0.32 s) at 27 dph (but not at 12 dph). The functional and ecological significance of these subtle differences are unclear and, therefore, require further investigation in order to determine whether they are ecologically relevant or spurious.

Document Type: Article
Funder compliance: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/211384
Additional Information: WOS:000323066600017
Keywords: larval Atlantic cod; swimming kinematics; Gadus morhua L.
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Springer
Projects: CalMarO, EPOCA, BIOACID, Fine-scale behavioral interactions in the plankton, Biological effects of ocean acidification, Future Ocean
Date Deposited: 20 Sep 2012 12:04
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2018 13:00
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15310

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