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Magnitude and Predictability of pH Fluctuations Shape Plastic Responses to Ocean Acidification


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dc.contributorMark Bitter, mcbitter@stanford.eduen_US
dc.creatorBitter, Mark
dc.creatorKapsenberg, Lydia
dc.creatorSilliman, Katherine
dc.creatorGattuso, Jean-Pierre
dc.creatorPfister, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T15:00:36Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T15:00:36Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.identifier10.1086/712930en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/712930en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50534
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-602
dc.description.abstractPhenotypic plasticity is expected to facilitate the persistence of natural populations as global change progresses. The attributes of fluctuating environments that favor the evolution of plasticity have received extensive theoretical investigation, yet empirical validation of these findings is still in its infancy. Here, we combine high-resolution environmental data with a laboratory-based experiment to explore the influence of habitat pH fluctuation dynamics on the plasticity of gene expression in two populations of the Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. We linked differences in the magnitude and predictability of pH fluctuations in two habitats to population-specific gene expression profiles in ambient and stressful pH treatments. Our results demonstrate population-based differentiation in gene expression plasticity, whereby mussels native to a habitat exhibiting a large magnitude of pH fluctuations with low predictability display reduced phenotypic plasticity between experimentally imposed pH treatments. This work validates recent theoretical findings on evolution in fluctuating environments, suggesting that the predictability of fluctuating selection pressures may play a predominant role in shaping the phenotypic variation observed across natural populations.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Naturalisten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries0003-0147en_US
dc.rights©The Authors 2021. ©University of Chicago Press 2021. This is this the version of record published by the University of Chicago Press. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Bitter, Mark C., Lydia Kapsenberg, Katherine Silliman, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, and Catherine A. Pfister. "Magnitude and predictability of pH fluctuations shape plastic responses to ocean acidification." The American Naturalist 197, no. 4 (2021): 486-501.en_US
dc.subjectphenotypic plasticityen_US
dc.subjectfluctuating selectionen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental predictabilityen_US
dc.subjectocean acidificationen_US
dc.subjectbivalvesen_US
dc.titleMagnitude and Predictability of pH Fluctuations Shape Plastic Responses to Ocean Acidificationen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume197en_US
dc.citation.issue4en_US
dc.citation.spage486en_US
dc.citation.epage501en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-4533-4114en_US

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