bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 18, 2023
Abstract
Anadromous
fish
populations
are
declining
globally,
partly
due
to
acute
pressure
from
rapid
environmental
change
in
their
freshwater
and
marine
habitats.
A
more
mechanistic
understanding
of
how
climatic
land
use
changes
impact
population-level
fitness
is
needed
mitigate
these
declines.
Here
we
develop
a
model
that
successfully
captures
the
thermal
niche
Atlantic
salmon.
This
allows
us
predict
combined
effects
two
dominant
threats
this
species:
climate
resource
availability.
Specifically,
predicts
50%
reduction
metabolically
optimal
supply
could
constrict
by
∼7°C.
We
also
show
daily
seasonal
temperature
fluctuations
have
relatively
minor
impact.
conservative
increase
1.5°C
global
temperatures
will
cause
declines
for
higher
regimes,
across
levels.
Our
results
provide
new
general
insights
into
factors
limiting
distribution
extant
salmon
populations.
They
highlight
relative
importance
future
warming,
fluctuations,
availability
change.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
290(1992)
Published: Feb. 8, 2023
Thermal
variability
is
a
key
driver
of
ecological
processes,
affecting
organisms
and
populations
across
multiple
temporal
scales.
Despite
the
ubiquity
variation,
biologists
lack
quantitative
synthesis
observed
consequences
thermal
wide
range
taxa,
phenotypic
traits
experimental
designs.
Here,
we
conduct
meta-analysis
to
investigate
how
properties
organisms,
their
experienced
regime
whether
in
either
past
(prior
an
assay)
or
present
(during
affect
performance
relative
experiencing
constant
environments.
Our
results—which
draw
upon
1712
effect
sizes
from
75
studies—indicate
that
effects
are
not
unidirectional
become
more
negative
as
mean
temperature
fluctuation
increase.
Exposure
variation
decreases
greater
extent
than
increases
costs
diminishing
benefits
broad
set
empirical
studies.
Further,
identify
life-history
attributes
predictably
modify
response
variation.
findings
demonstrate
on
context-dependent,
yet
outcomes
may
be
heightened
warmer,
variable
climates.
Ecology Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Global
change
is
rapidly
and
fundamentally
altering
many
of
the
processes
regulating
flux
energy
throughout
ecosystems,
although
researchers
now
understand
effect
temperature
on
key
rates
(such
as
aquatic
primary
productivity),
theoretical
foundation
needed
to
generate
forecasts
biomass
dynamics
extinction
risk
remains
underdeveloped.
We
develop
new
theory
that
describes
interconnected
effects
nutrients
phytoplankton
populations
show
thermal
response
equilibrium
(i.e.
carrying
capacity)
always
peaks
at
a
lower
than
for
productivity
growth
rate).
This
mismatch
driven
by
differences
in
responses
growth,
death,
per-capita
impact
nutrient
pool,
making
our
results
highly
general
applicable
widely
used
population
models
beyond
phytoplankton.
further
non-equilibrium
depend
pace
environmental
relative
underlying
vital
respond
variable
environments
differently
high
versus
low
temperatures
due
asymmetries.
Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
204, P. 116515 - 116515
Published: May 25, 2024
The
increase
of
marine
heat
waves
(MHWs)
occurrence
is
exacerbated
in
Mediterranean
Sea
and
temperature
resilience-enhancing
strategies
on
key
species,
such
as
the
seagrass
Posidonia
oceanica,
need
to
be
investigated.
"Priming"
describes
a
stimulus
that
prepares
an
organism
for
improved
response
upcoming
environmental
changes
by
triggering
memory
remains
during
lag-phase.
aim
this
study,
conducted
Sardinia
(Italy),
was
investigate
whether
development
thermo-primed
P.
oceanica
seedlings
affected
field
simulated
MHW
depending
duration
After
thermo-priming
stimulus,
had
0,
7
or
14
days
lag-phase
after
that,
each
group,
half
experienced
(the
other
served
controls).
Some
did
not
experience
either
priming
Results
show
any
evidence
triggered
but
they
highlighted
importance
acclimation
phase
before
highest
temperature:
gradual
higher
number
leaves
shorter
leaf
necrosis
length
compared
between
two
events.
Regardless
MHWs
slowed
down
root
length.
Considering
fluctuations,
testing
different
intensities
necessary
provide
information
about
adaptive
success
species.
Communications Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: April 8, 2025
Abstract
Mosquito
infection
experiments
that
characterise
how
sporogony
changes
with
temperature
are
increasingly
being
used
to
parameterise
malaria
transmission
models.
In
these
experiments,
mosquitoes
exposed
a
range
of
temperatures,
each
group
experiencing
single
temperature.
Diurnal
variation
can,
however,
affect
the
sporogonic
cycle
Plasmodium
parasites.
dissection
data
is
not
available
for
all
profiles,
so
we
investigate
whether
mathematical
models
mosquito
parameterised
constant
thermal
performance
curves
can
predict
effects
diurnal
variation.
We
use
this
model
two
key
parameters
governing
disease
transmission:
human-to-mosquito
probability
and
extrinsic
incubation
period
–
and,
embed
into
simulate
sporozoite
prevalence
without
seasonal
site
in
Burkina
Faso.
Simulations
incorporating
better
laboratory
mosquitoes,
indicating
be
fluctuating
temperatures.
Including
variation,
did
substantially
improve
predictive
ability
wild
further
research
needed
more
settings.
Ecology Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
28(5)
Published: May 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Species'
distributions
are
changing
around
the
planet
as
a
result
of
global
climate
change.
Most
research
has
focused
on
shifts
in
mean
conditions,
leaving
effects
increased
environmental
variability
comparatively
underexplored.
This
paper
proposes
two
new
macroecological
hypotheses—the
damping
hypothesis
and
adaptation
—to
understand
how
ecological
dynamics
evolutionary
history
could
influence
biogeographic
patterns
being
forced
by
contemporary
large‐scale
change
across
all
major
ecosystems.
The
predicts
that
species
living
deep
water
environments
will
be
least
affected
increasing
climate‐driven
temperature
compared
with
nearshore,
intertidal
terrestrial
environments.
opposite.
Where
available,
we
discuss
existing
evidence
aligns
these
hypotheses
propose
ways
which
they
may
empirically
tested.
Marine Environmental Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
192, P. 106231 - 106231
Published: Oct. 16, 2023
Life
on
tidal
coasts
presents
physiological
major
challenges
for
sessile
species.
Fluctuations
in
oxygen
and
temperature
can
affect
bioenergetics
modulate
metabolism
redox
balance,
but
their
combined
effects
are
not
well
understood.
We
investigated
the
of
intermittent
hypoxia
(12h/12h)
combination
with
different
regimes
(normal
(15
°C),
elevated
(30
°C)
fluctuating
°C
water/30
air))
Pacific
oyster
Crassostrea
(Magallana)
gigas.
Fluctuating
led
to
energetic
costly
metabolic
rearrangements
accumulation
proteins
tissues.
Elevated
high
(60%)
mortality
oxidative
damage
survivors.
Normal
had
no
negative
caused
shifts.
Our
study
shows
plasticity
response
fluctuations
indicates
that
adjustments
deficiency
strongly
modulated
by
ambient
temperature.
Co-exposure
constant
demonstrates
limits
this
adaptive
plasticity.