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Rising water temperatures due to climate change impair crocodile predator avoidance. Elevated temperatures increase oxygen demand and reduce metabolic depression, compromising dive performance in estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).

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  • Climate Change Biology
  • Herpetology

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  • Air-breathing ectotherms rely on optimizing underwater activity time, like predator avoidance.
  • Increased water temperatures negatively impact submergence times and dive durations.
  • Climate change poses a threat to diving ectotherms, with physiological mechanisms unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of acute and chronic water temperature changes on estuarine crocodile physiology.
  • To assess how elevated temperatures affect oxygen consumption, bradycardia, and blood oxygen capacity during predator avoidance dives.

Main Methods:

  • Juvenile estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) were exposed to two water temperatures: 28°C and 34°C.
  • Physiological parameters including diving oxygen consumption, heart rate (bradycardia), haematocrit, and haemoglobin were measured.
  • Predator avoidance dives (fright-dives) were simulated to assess performance under different thermal conditions.

Main Results:

  • Diving oxygen consumption rate increased threefold between 28°C and 34°C (Q10=7.4).
  • The capacity for metabolic depression was reduced at higher temperatures, with less oxygen demand reduction at 34°C compared to 28°C.
  • Haematocrit and haemoglobin levels remained thermally insensitive, indicating stable blood oxygen carrying capacity.

Conclusions:

  • Elevated water temperatures significantly increase oxygen demand during dives in estuarine crocodiles.
  • Reduced metabolic depression capacity at higher temperatures, coupled with increased oxygen demand, impairs fright-dive performance.
  • These findings highlight the vulnerability of estuarine crocodiles to climate change impacts on aquatic environments.