Toward a mechanistic understanding of marine invertebrate behavior at elevated CO2
Thomas, Jodi T., Munday, Philip L., and Watson, Sue-Ann (2020) Toward a mechanistic understanding of marine invertebrate behavior at elevated CO2. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. 345.
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Abstract
Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can alter ecologically important behaviors in a range of marine invertebrate taxa; however, a clear mechanistic understanding of these behavioral changes is lacking. The majority of mechanistic research on the behavioral effects of elevated CO2 has been done in fish, focusing on disrupted functioning of the GABAA receptor (a ligand-gated ion channel, LGIC). Yet, elevated CO2 could induce behavioral alterations through a range of mechanisms that disturb different components of the neurobiological pathway that produces behavior, including disrupted sensation, altered behavioral choices and disturbed LGIC-mediated neurotransmission. Here, we review the potential mechanisms by which elevated CO2 may affect marine invertebrate behaviors. Marine invertebrate acid–base physiology and pharmacology is discussed in relation to altered GABAA receptor functioning. Alternative mechanisms for behavioral change at elevated CO2 are considered and important topics for future research have been identified. A mechanistic understanding will be important to determine why there is variability in elevated CO2-induced behavioral alterations across marine invertebrate taxa, why some, but not other, behaviors are affected within a species and to identify which marine invertebrates will be most vulnerable to rising CO2 levels.
| Item ID: | 65066 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2296-7745 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2020 Thomas, Munday and Watson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Funders: | Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2020 23:50 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310906 Animal neurobiology @ 25% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310913 Invertebrate biology @ 25% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3199 Other biological sciences > 319902 Global change biology @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960399 Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified @ 50% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960808 Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 50% |
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