Individual Pattern Response to CO 2 -Induced Acidification Stress in Haliotis rufescens Suggests Stage-Specific Acclimatization during Its Early Life History

Ricardo Gómez-Reyes, Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez, Fabiola Lafarga- De la Cruz, José M. Hernández-Ayón, Enrique Valenzuela-Wood and Laura López-Galindo ()
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Ricardo Gómez-Reyes: Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez: Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Fabiola Lafarga- De la Cruz: Departamento de Acuicultura, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
José M. Hernández-Ayón: Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Enrique Valenzuela-Wood: Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Laura López-Galindo: Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-18

Abstract: The red abalone Haliotis rufescens is a pivotal marine resource in the context of worldwide abalone aquaculture. However, the species has been listed as critically endangered partly because of the life-history massive mortalities associated with habitat climate changes, including short- and long-term ocean acidification. Because abalone survival depends on its early life history success, figuring out its vulnerability to acidification is the first step to establishing culture management strategies. In the present study, red abalone embryos were reared under long-term CO 2 -induced acidification (pH 7.8 and 7.6) and evaluated. The impairment prevalence was assessed during their larval stages, considering the developmental success, growth and calcification. The result in the stage-specific disturbance suggests that the body abilities evaluated are at the expense of their development stages, of which the critical threshold is found under −0.4 pH units. Finally, the settlement was short-term stressed, displaying the opposite to that observed in the long-term acidification. Thus, the early life history interacts through multiple pathways that may also depend on the acidification challenge (i.e., short or long term). Understanding the tolerance limits and pathways of the stress response provides valuable insights for exploring the vulnerability of H. rufescens to ocean acidification.

Keywords: short- and long-term acidification; early life history; development; growth; calcification; settlement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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