Acclimation capacity to global warming of amphibians and freshwater fishes : Drivers, patterns, and data limitations

© 2024 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Veröffentlicht in:Global change biology. - 1999. - 30(2024), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite e17318
1. Verfasser: Ruthsatz, Katharina (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dahlke, Flemming, Alter, Katharina, Wohlrab, Sylke, Eterovick, Paula C, Lyra, Mariana L, Gippner, Sven, Cooke, Steven J, Peck, Myron A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Global change biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Systematic Review Bogert effect CTmax acclimation response ratio climate variability hypothesis developmental phenotypic plasticity metamorphosis thermal bottleneck thermal tolerance plasticity
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Zusammenfassung:© 2024 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Amphibians and fishes play a central role in shaping the structure and function of freshwater environments. These organisms have a limited capacity to disperse across different habitats and the thermal buffer offered by freshwater systems is small. Understanding determinants and patterns of their physiological sensitivity across life history is, therefore, imperative to predicting the impacts of climate change in freshwater systems. Based on a systematic literature review including 345 experiments with 998 estimates on 96 amphibian (Anura/Caudata) and 93 freshwater fish species (Teleostei), we conducted a quantitative synthesis to explore phylogenetic, ontogenetic, and biogeographic (thermal adaptation) patterns in upper thermal tolerance (CTmax) and thermal acclimation capacity (acclimation response ratio, ARR) as well as the influence of the methodology used to assess these thermal traits using a conditional inference tree analysis. We found globally consistent patterns in CTmax and ARR, with phylogeny (taxa/order), experimental methodology, climatic origin, and life stage as significant determinants of thermal traits. The analysis demonstrated that CTmax does not primarily depend on the climatic origin but on experimental acclimation temperature and duration, and life stage. Higher acclimation temperatures and longer acclimation times led to higher CTmax values, whereby Anuran larvae revealed a higher CTmax than older life stages. The ARR of freshwater fishes was more than twice that of amphibians. Differences in ARR between life stages were not significant. In addition to phylogenetic differences, we found that ARR also depended on acclimation duration, ramping rate, and adaptation to local temperature variability. However, the amount of data on early life stages is too small, methodologically inconsistent, and phylogenetically unbalanced to identify potential life cycle bottlenecks in thermal traits. We, therefore, propose methods to improve the robustness and comparability of CTmax/ARR data across species and life stages, which is crucial for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity under climate change
Beschreibung:Date Completed 21.05.2024
Date Revised 22.05.2024
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1365-2486
DOI:10.1111/gcb.17318