COA Academic Grant Report: Examining a transgenerational acclimation of Kelletia kelletii to marine heatwave temperatures via field lab experimentation

摘要

Shellfish species such as the Kellet's whelk (Kelletia kelletii) may be able to provision their progeny to be more resilient to oncoming thermal stress as a result of marine heatwaves via transgenerational plasticity (TGP), although, how TGP may play a role in increasing whelk larval thermal tolerance to marine heatwave (MHW) temperatures may differ at fished sites versus more “pristine ecosystems". For example, harvesting can influence physical and chemical environmental characteristics that may alter the behavior of organisms in fished areas (i.e. sediment composition, role of primary producers) [1]. I will examine impacts of MHWs at a fished site by establishing a field and laboratory based study on adult and larval stages of K. kelletii.