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Multiple physiological responses to multiple environmental challenges: an individual approach.

P Calosi¹, L M Turner, M Hawkins

¹Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK.

Integrative and Comparative Biology

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Investigating individual responses to climate change reveals that an individual-based approach offers stronger predictions than independent analyses. This highlights the importance of inter-individual variation in understanding ectotherm adaptation to rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

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Area of Science:

Marine Biology
Climate Change Ecology
Physiological Ecology

Background:

Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are increasing ocean temperature and decreasing pH, threatening marine life.
Intertidal organisms can tolerate short-term fluctuations, but chronic exposure effects are unknown.
Inter-individual variation in responses to climate change is ecologically significant but understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the predictive power of individual-based vs. independent approaches for assessing organismal responses to climate change.
To investigate extracellular osmo/iono-regulatory abilities, upper thermal tolerances (UTTs), and metabolic rates in Echinogammarus marinus under simulated climate change.

Main Methods:

Exposed adult Echinogammarus marinus to combined elevated temperature and pCO2 for 15 days.
Measured extracellular osmo/iono-regulatory abilities, UTTs, and metabolic rates.
Analyzed data using both individual-based and independent (orthogonal) approaches.

Main Results:

The individual-based approach yielded stronger and distinct predictions compared to independent approaches.
Individuals with higher metabolic rates showed better osmo/iono-regulation and higher UTTs.
No immediate evolutionary trade-offs were observed between metabolic rate and these physiological functions.

Conclusions:

Individual differences are crucial for understanding ectotherm responses to complex climate change.
Rethinking current predictions based on independent analyses may be necessary.
Selection acting on individual variation will shape species' adaptation to future environmental conditions.