Habitat selection by marine larvae in changing chemical environments

[en] The replenishment and persistence of marine species is contingent on dispersing larvae locating suitable habitat and surviving to a reproductive stage. Pelagic larvae rely on environmental cues to make behavioural decisions with chemical information being important for habitat selection at settlement. We explored the sensory world of crustaceans and fishes focusing on the impact anthropogenic alterations (ocean acidification, red soil, pesticide) have on conspecific chemical signals used by larvae for habitat selection. Crustacean (Stenopus hispidus) and fish (Chromis viridis) larvae recognized their conspecifics via chemical signals under control conditions. In the presence of acidified water, red soil or pesticide, the ability of larvae to chemically recognize conspecific cues was altered. Our study highlights that recruitment potential on coral reefs may decrease due to anthropogenic stressors. If so, populations of fishes and crustaceans will continue their rapid decline; larval recruitment will not replace and sustain the adult populations on degraded reefs.

Research Center/Unit :

AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège

Disciplines :

Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Lecchini, David

Dixson, Danielle L.

Lecellier, Gael

Roux, Natacha

Frederich, Bruno ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanographie biologique

Besson, Marc

Tanaka, Y.

Banaigs, Bernard

Nakamura, Yohei

Language :

English

Title :

Habitat selection by marine larvae in changing chemical environments

Publication date :

January 2017

Journal title :

Marine Pollution Bulletin

ISSN :

0025-326X

eISSN :

1879-3363

Publisher :

Pergamon, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

114

Pages :

210-217

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

JSPS - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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