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Pivotto ID, Nerini D, Masmoudi M, et al. Highly contrasted responses of Mediterranean octocorals to climate change along a depth gradient. R Soc Open Sci. 2015;2(5):140493doi: 10.1098/rsos.140493.
Pivotto, I. D., Nerini, D., Masmoudi, M., Kara, H., Chaoui, L., & Aurelle, D. (2015). Highly contrasted responses of Mediterranean octocorals to climate change along a depth gradient. Royal Society open science, 2(5), 140493. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140493
Pivotto, I D, et al. "Highly contrasted responses of Mediterranean octocorals to climate change along a depth gradient." Royal Society open science vol. 2,5 (2015): 140493. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140493
Pivotto ID, Nerini D, Masmoudi M, Kara H, Chaoui L, Aurelle D. Highly contrasted responses of Mediterranean octocorals to climate change along a depth gradient. R Soc Open Sci. 2015 May 06;2(5):140493. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140493. eCollection 2015 May. PMID: 26064654; PMCID: PMC4453260.
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R Soc Open Sci. 2015 May 06;2(5):140493. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140493. eCollection 2015 May.

Highly contrasted responses of Mediterranean octocorals to climate change along a depth gradient.

Royal Society open science

I D Pivotto, D Nerini, M Masmoudi, H Kara, L Chaoui, D Aurelle

Affiliations

  1. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD , Avignon Université, IMBE UMR 7263 , Marseille 13397, France.
  2. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS , Université de Toulon , IRD, MIO UMR 7294, Marseille 13288, France.
  3. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD , Avignon Université, IMBE UMR 7263 , Marseille 13397, France ; Laboratoire Bioressources Marines - Université d'Annaba , Badji Mokhtar, BP 230, Oued Kouba, Annaba 23008, Algeria.
  4. Laboratoire Bioressources Marines - Université d'Annaba , Badji Mokhtar, BP 230, Oued Kouba, Annaba 23008, Algeria.

PMID: 26064654 PMCID: PMC4453260 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140493

Abstract

Climate change has a strong impact on marine ecosystems, including temperate species. Analysing the diversity of thermotolerance levels within species along with their genetic structure enables a better understanding of their potential response to climate change. We performed this integrative study on the Mediterranean octocoral Eunicella cavolini, with samples from different depths and by means of a common garden experiment. This species does not host photosynthetic Symbiodinium, enabling us to focus on the cnidarian response. We compared the thermotolerance of individuals from 20 m and 40 m depths from the same site and with replicates from the same colony. On the basis of an innovative statistical analysis of necrosis kinetics and risk, we demonstrated the occurrence of a very different response between depths at this local scale, with lower thermotolerance of deep individuals. Strongly thermotolerant individuals were observed at 20 m with necrosis appearing at higher temperatures than observed in situ. On the basis of nine microsatellite loci, we showed that these marked thermotolerance differences occur within a single population. This suggests the importance of acclimatization processes in adaptation to these different depths. In addition, differences between replicates demonstrated the occurrence of a variability of response between fragments from the same colony with the possibility of an interaction with a tank effect. Our results provide a basis for studying adaptation and acclimatization in Mediterranean octocorals in a heterogeneous environment.

Keywords: Eunicella cavolini; Mediterranean sea; acclimatization; adaptation; climate change; population genetics

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