Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential

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Autor(a) principal: Duarte, Bernardo
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Martins, Irene, Rosa, Rui, Matos, Ana R., Roleda, Michael Y., Reusch, Thorsten B. H., Engelen, Aschwin, Serrao, Ester, Pearson, Gareth, Marques, João C., Caçador, Isabel, Duarte, Carlos M., Jueterbock, Alexander
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/12450
Resumo: Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows-some of the most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems provide nursery grounds and food for fish and invertebrates, coastline protection from erosion, carbon sequestration, and nutrient fixation. For marine macrophytes, temperature is generally the most important range limiting factor, and ocean warming is considered the most severe threat among global climate change factors. Ocean warming induced losses of dominant macrophytes along their equatorial range edges, as well as range extensions into polar regions, are predicted and already documented. While adaptive evolution based on genetic change is considered too slow to keep pace with the increasing rate of anthropogenic environmental changes, rapid adaptation may come about through a set of non-genetic mechanisms involving the functional composition of the associated microbiome, as well as epigenetic modification of the genome and its regulatory effect on gene expression and the activity of transposable elements. While research in terrestrial plants demonstrates that the integration of non-genetic mechanisms provide a more holistic picture of a species' evolutionary potential, research in marine systems is lagging behind. Here, we aim to review the potential of marine macrophytes to acclimatize and adapt to major climate change effects via intraspecific variation at the genetic, epigenetic, and microbiome levels. All three levels create phenotypic variation that may either enhance fitness within individuals (plasticity) or be subject to selection and ultimately, adaptation. We review three of the most important phenotypic variations in a climate change context, including physiological variation, variation in propagation success, and in herbivore resistance. Integrating different levels of plasticity, and adaptability into ecological models will allow to obtain a more holistic understanding of trait variation and a realistic assessment of the future performance and distribution of marine macrophytes. Such multi-disciplinary approach that integrates various levels of intraspecific variation, and their effect on phenotypic and physiological variation, is of crucial importance for the effective management and conservation of seagrasses and macroalgae under climate change.
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spelling Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potentialSeagrassesKelp forestsPhysiologyEpigeneticsMicrobiomeModelingEarly life stagesGlobal climate changeMarine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows-some of the most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems provide nursery grounds and food for fish and invertebrates, coastline protection from erosion, carbon sequestration, and nutrient fixation. For marine macrophytes, temperature is generally the most important range limiting factor, and ocean warming is considered the most severe threat among global climate change factors. Ocean warming induced losses of dominant macrophytes along their equatorial range edges, as well as range extensions into polar regions, are predicted and already documented. While adaptive evolution based on genetic change is considered too slow to keep pace with the increasing rate of anthropogenic environmental changes, rapid adaptation may come about through a set of non-genetic mechanisms involving the functional composition of the associated microbiome, as well as epigenetic modification of the genome and its regulatory effect on gene expression and the activity of transposable elements. While research in terrestrial plants demonstrates that the integration of non-genetic mechanisms provide a more holistic picture of a species' evolutionary potential, research in marine systems is lagging behind. Here, we aim to review the potential of marine macrophytes to acclimatize and adapt to major climate change effects via intraspecific variation at the genetic, epigenetic, and microbiome levels. All three levels create phenotypic variation that may either enhance fitness within individuals (plasticity) or be subject to selection and ultimately, adaptation. We review three of the most important phenotypic variations in a climate change context, including physiological variation, variation in propagation success, and in herbivore resistance. Integrating different levels of plasticity, and adaptability into ecological models will allow to obtain a more holistic understanding of trait variation and a realistic assessment of the future performance and distribution of marine macrophytes. Such multi-disciplinary approach that integrates various levels of intraspecific variation, and their effect on phenotypic and physiological variation, is of crucial importance for the effective management and conservation of seagrasses and macroalgae under climate change.FCT SFRH/BPD/115162/2016 Portuguese FCT through MARFOR Biodiversa/0004/2015 Norwegian Research Council (Havkyst project) 243916 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Mar 2020 program through the VALPRAD project 16-01-04-FMP-0007 SFRH/PBD/107878/2015Frontiers MediaSapientiaDuarte, BernardoMartins, IreneRosa, RuiMatos, Ana R.Roleda, Michael Y.Reusch, Thorsten B. H.Engelen, AschwinSerrao, EsterPearson, GarethMarques, João C.Caçador, IsabelDuarte, Carlos M.Jueterbock, Alexander2019-04-05T13:20:15Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/12450eng2296-774510.3389/fmars.2018.00190info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:24:25Zoai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/12450Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:03:48.363425Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
title Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
spellingShingle Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
Duarte, Bernardo
Seagrasses
Kelp forests
Physiology
Epigenetics
Microbiome
Modeling
Early life stages
Global climate change
title_short Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
title_full Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
title_fullStr Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
title_full_unstemmed Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
title_sort Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential
author Duarte, Bernardo
author_facet Duarte, Bernardo
Martins, Irene
Rosa, Rui
Matos, Ana R.
Roleda, Michael Y.
Reusch, Thorsten B. H.
Engelen, Aschwin
Serrao, Ester
Pearson, Gareth
Marques, João C.
Caçador, Isabel
Duarte, Carlos M.
Jueterbock, Alexander
author_role author
author2 Martins, Irene
Rosa, Rui
Matos, Ana R.
Roleda, Michael Y.
Reusch, Thorsten B. H.
Engelen, Aschwin
Serrao, Ester
Pearson, Gareth
Marques, João C.
Caçador, Isabel
Duarte, Carlos M.
Jueterbock, Alexander
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sapientia
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Duarte, Bernardo
Martins, Irene
Rosa, Rui
Matos, Ana R.
Roleda, Michael Y.
Reusch, Thorsten B. H.
Engelen, Aschwin
Serrao, Ester
Pearson, Gareth
Marques, João C.
Caçador, Isabel
Duarte, Carlos M.
Jueterbock, Alexander
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Seagrasses
Kelp forests
Physiology
Epigenetics
Microbiome
Modeling
Early life stages
Global climate change
topic Seagrasses
Kelp forests
Physiology
Epigenetics
Microbiome
Modeling
Early life stages
Global climate change
description Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows-some of the most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems provide nursery grounds and food for fish and invertebrates, coastline protection from erosion, carbon sequestration, and nutrient fixation. For marine macrophytes, temperature is generally the most important range limiting factor, and ocean warming is considered the most severe threat among global climate change factors. Ocean warming induced losses of dominant macrophytes along their equatorial range edges, as well as range extensions into polar regions, are predicted and already documented. While adaptive evolution based on genetic change is considered too slow to keep pace with the increasing rate of anthropogenic environmental changes, rapid adaptation may come about through a set of non-genetic mechanisms involving the functional composition of the associated microbiome, as well as epigenetic modification of the genome and its regulatory effect on gene expression and the activity of transposable elements. While research in terrestrial plants demonstrates that the integration of non-genetic mechanisms provide a more holistic picture of a species' evolutionary potential, research in marine systems is lagging behind. Here, we aim to review the potential of marine macrophytes to acclimatize and adapt to major climate change effects via intraspecific variation at the genetic, epigenetic, and microbiome levels. All three levels create phenotypic variation that may either enhance fitness within individuals (plasticity) or be subject to selection and ultimately, adaptation. We review three of the most important phenotypic variations in a climate change context, including physiological variation, variation in propagation success, and in herbivore resistance. Integrating different levels of plasticity, and adaptability into ecological models will allow to obtain a more holistic understanding of trait variation and a realistic assessment of the future performance and distribution of marine macrophytes. Such multi-disciplinary approach that integrates various levels of intraspecific variation, and their effect on phenotypic and physiological variation, is of crucial importance for the effective management and conservation of seagrasses and macroalgae under climate change.
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