Distribution of Palinuridae and Scyllaridae phyllosoma larvae within the East Australian Current: a climate change hot spot
Woodings, Laura N., Murphy, Nicholas P., Jeffs, Andrew, Suthers, Iain M., Liggins, Geoffrey, and Strugnell, Jan M. (2019) Distribution of Palinuridae and Scyllaridae phyllosoma larvae within the East Australian Current: a climate change hot spot. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70. pp. 1020-1033.
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Abstract
Many marine species are predicted to shift their ranges poleward due to rising ocean temperatures driven by climate change. For benthic marine species with pelagic larval stages, poleward range shifts are often facilitated through pelagic larval transport via western boundary currents (WBC). By surveying pelagic larval distributions within WBCs, species advected poleward of their known distributions can be identified and monitored. Palinurid and scyllarid lobster larvae (phyllosoma) have long pelagic larval durations, providing high potential for poleward advection. We surveyed spatial distribution of phyllosoma within the western-boundary East Australian Current. Due to difficulties morphologically identifying phyllosoma, we tested the utility of molecular identification using cytochrome c oxidase I (COI). From COI sequences of 56 phyllosoma and one postlarva, 65% of sequences consisted of good-quality mitochondrial DNA. Across water types sampled, scyllarid phyllosoma exhibited relatively homogeneous distribution, whereas palinurid phyllosoma exhibited heterogeneous distribution with greatest abundance inside a warm core eddy on the south coast of eastern Australia. Two tropical and one subtropical palinurid species were detected ~75–1800 km to the south or south-west of their known species distribution. Our results indicate tropical lobster species are reaching temperate regions, providing these species the opportunity to establish in temperate regions if or when environmental conditions become amenable to settlement.
| Item ID: | 61097 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1448-6059 |
| Keywords: | cytochrome c oxidase I, dispersal, eddies, range shift, spiny lobster, western boundary current, zooplankton |
| Copyright Information: | Journal compilation © CSIRO 2019. The Accepted Manuscript version of this paper is available Open Access from ResearchOnline@JCU by permission of the publisher. |
| Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC), La Trobe University, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| Projects and Grants: | ARC DP150101491, ARC LP150100064 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2019 02:13 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3005 Fisheries sciences > 300504 Fish physiology and genetics @ 40% 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3005 Fisheries sciences > 300502 Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment @ 30% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3105 Genetics > 310599 Genetics not elsewhere classified @ 30% |
| SEO Codes: | 83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8302 Fisheries - Wild Caught > 830206 Wild Caught Rock Lobster @ 100% |
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