Grazing pressure of sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus estimated from seawater temperature and wave height, and its effects on the early growth of annual kelp Saccharina japonica in northeastern Japan

Yatsuya, Kousuke; Matsumoto, Yukio

doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2023.151953

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2023.151953

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Grazing pressure of sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus estimated from seawater temperature and wave height, and its effects on the early growth of annual kelp Saccharina japonica in northeastern Japan

Kousuke Yatsuya,

Yukio Matsumoto

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Marine heatwaves in the Subarctic and the effect of acute temperature change on the key grazer Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)

Koch,

Jungblut,

Götze

et al. 2024

ICES Journal of Marine Science

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Subarctic fjord systems are facing a continuous temperature increase as well as more frequent and more intense marine heatwaves (MHWs). MHWs are periods of exceptionally high temperatures above the long-term average. In the Porsangerfjord (Northern Norway), the average water temperature ranges from 2.5°C in March to 10°C in August. MHWs frequently exceed the summer maximum by up to 6°C with so far unknown ecological effects. The green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, is a key grazer on habitat-forming kelp in Subarctic fjord systems. At high abundances, sea urchins transform productive kelp beds through pronounced grazing into depleted sea urchin barrens. In a laboratory experiment, we investigated the influence of acute temperature change on the grazing activity and the metabolic performance of the green sea urchin. Grazing rates increased continuously from 2 to 10°C but decreased again at 14°C. At 22°C, rapid decay of sea urchins were associated with changes of the metabolic energy state from aerobiosis to anaerobiosis. We propose two scenarios: Moderate warming might lead to the proliferation of the sea urchin population and increased grazing pressure on kelp forests, while extreme warming, as predicted by the end of the century, as well as the occurrence of extreme MHWs, may severely impair the sea urchin population and, in turn, might favour the proliferation of adaptable kelp species.

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Marine heatwaves in the Subarctic and the effect of acute temperature change on the key grazer Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)

Koch,

Jungblut,

Götze

et al. 2024

ICES Journal of Marine Science

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Grazing pressure of sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus estimated from seawater temperature and wave height, and its effects on the early growth of annual kelp Saccharina japonica in northeastern Japan

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Marine heatwaves in the Subarctic and the effect of acute temperature change on the key grazer Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)

Marine heatwaves in the Subarctic and the effect of acute temperature change on the key grazer Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)

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