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The planktonic stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are tolerant of end-of-century pCO2 concentrations.


ABSTRACT: The copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis is an obligate ectoparasite of salmonids. Salmon lice are major pests in salmon aquaculture and due to its economic impact Lepeophtheirus salmonis is one of the most well studied species of marine parasite. However, there is limited understanding of how increased concentration of pCO2 associated with ocean acidification will impact host-parasite relationships. We investigated the effects of increased pCO2 on growth and metabolic rates in the planktonic stages, rearing L. salmonis from eggs to 12 days post hatch copepodids under three treatment levels: Control (416 µatm), Mid (747 µatm), and High (942 µatm). The pCO2 treatment had a significant effect on oxygen consumption rate with the High treatment animals exhibiting the greatest respiration. The treatments did not have a significant effect on the other biological endpoints measured (carbon, nitrogen, lipid volume, and fatty acid content). The results indicate that L. salmonis have mechanisms to compensate for increased concentration of pCO2and that populations will be tolerant of projected future ocean acidification scenarios. The work reported here also describes catabolism during the lecithotrophic development of L. salmonis, information that is not currently available to parameterize models of dispersal and viability of the planktonic free-living stages.

SUBMITTER: Thompson CRS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6796963 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The planktonic stages of the salmon louse (<i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis)</i> are tolerant of end-of-century <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations.

Thompson Cameron R S CRS   Fields David M DM   Bjelland Reidun M RM   Chan Vera B S VBS   Durif Caroline M F CMF   Mount Andrew A   Runge Jeffrey A JA   Shema Steven D SD   Skiftesvik Anne Berit AB   Browman Howard I HI  

PeerJ 20191014


The copepod <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> is an obligate ectoparasite of salmonids. Salmon lice are major pests in salmon aquaculture and due to its economic impact <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> is one of the most well studied species of marine parasite. However, there is limited understanding of how increased concentration of <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> associated with ocean acidification will impact host-parasite relationships. We investigated the effects of increased <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> on gr  ...[more]

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