Reactions of juvenile coral to three years of consecutive thermal stress
Reactions of juvenile coral to three years of consecutive thermal stress
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幼珊瑚对连续三年热应激的反应
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161227
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Harii Saki
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作者:
Hazraty-Kari Sanaz;Morita Masaya;Tavakoli-Kolour Parviz;Nakamura Takashi;Harii Saki
As global temperatures continue to rise, corals are being exposed to increasing heat stress throughout their early life stages; however, the impact of this phenomenon is poorly understood. We exposed the reef-building coralAcropora tenuisjuveniles to ∼26–28 °C (control) and ∼ 31 °C (heat stress) for one week per year over three consecutive years. In the first year of heat stress, >96 % of juveniles survived despite symbiotic algal densities in juvenile corals declining. In comparison, survival rates in the third year of heat stress declined to 50 %. Survival rates under natural conditions after stress also gradually decreased in the stressed groups. The rate in the reduction of survivorship was prominent in the consecutive thermally stressed groups (juveniles stressed twice in two years). Symbiotic algal density and photosynthetic activity (Fv/Fm) also declined in stressed juvenile groups. However, heat stress did not significantly affect the growth of juveniles. In the third year of heat stress, temperature negatively affected the physiology of juveniles in terms of survivorship, brightness (an indicator of bleaching), symbiotic algal density, and photosynthetic efficiency. Stress across consecutive years appeared to cause the survivorship of juvenile corals to decline, with three years of stress contributing to the severe decline of a reef. In conclusion,A. tenuisjuveniles are not able to acclimatize to heat stress, with successive heat waves of <7 days in the summer potentially negatively affecting resilience.