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  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology
  • Climate Change Science

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  • Marine broadcast spawners rely on gamete contact for fertilization.
  • Anthropogenic climate change (elevated temperature, pCO2) negatively impacts marine invertebrate gamete performance.
  • Individual variations in gamete response to climate stress exist and may be crucial for adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a modified fertilization kinetics model incorporating individual variations in gamete performance.
  • To investigate the influence of gamete aging and competition on fertilization outcomes.
  • To assess the risk of hybridization due to interspecific variation in climate stress vulnerability.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a modified fertilization kinetics model to track groups with different traits.
  • Conducted numerical simulations to explore fertilization dynamics under varying conditions.
  • Applied the model to analyze climate stress vulnerabilities and hybridization risks.

Main Results:

  • Fertilization outcomes are influenced by gamete aging and the presence of competing gametes (multiple dams or sires).
  • Individual variations in gamete traits significantly affect fertilization success.
  • Interspecific differences in climate stress vulnerability increase hybridization risk.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding individual variation is key to predicting population fate under climate change.
  • The developed model provides a framework for assessing adaptive potential in marine organisms.
  • Open-sourcing the model facilitates community-driven research on climate change impacts on marine life.