Dynamic energy budget modeling of Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima, under future ocean acidification and warming

Émilien Pousse; Daphne Munroe; Deborah Hart; Daniel Hennen; Louise P Cameron; Jennie E Rheuban; Zhaohui Aleck Wang; Gary H Wikfors; Shannon L Meseck

doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105602

Dynamic energy budget modeling of Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima, under future ocean acidification and warming

Mar Environ Res. 2022 May:177:105602. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105602. Epub 2022 Apr 5.

Authors

Émilien Pousse¹, Daphne Munroe², Deborah Hart³, Daniel Hennen³, Louise P Cameron⁴, Jennie E Rheuban⁴, Zhaohui Aleck Wang⁴, Gary H Wikfors⁵, Shannon L Meseck⁶

Affiliations

¹ National Research Council Post-Doctoral Associate at NOAA NMFS, 212 Rogers Ave, Milford, CT, 06418, USA.
² Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ, 08349, USA.
³ NOAA/NMFS, 166 Water St, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.
⁴ Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, McLean 216, MS #08, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.
⁵ NOAA Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 212 Rogers Ave, Milford, CT, 06460, USA.
⁶ NOAA Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 212 Rogers Ave, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Electronic address: Shannon.meseck@noaa.gov.

PMID: 35462229
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105602

Abstract

A dynamic energy budget (DEB) model integrating pCO₂ was used to describe ocean acidification (OA) effects on Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima, bioenergetics. Effects of elevated pCO₂ on ingestion and somatic maintenance costs were simulated, validated, and adapted in the DEB model based upon growth and biological rates acquired during a 12-week laboratory experiment. Temperature and pCO₂ were projected for the next 100 years following the intergovernmental panel on climate change representative concentration pathways scenarios (2.6, 6.0, and 8.5) and used as forcing variables to project surfclam growth and reproduction. End-of-century water warming and acidification conditions resulted in simulated faster growth for young surfclams and more energy allocated to reproduction until the beginning of the 22nd century when a reduction in maximum shell length and energy allocated to reproduction was observed for the RCP 8.5 scenario.

Keywords: Atlantic surfclam; Climate change; Dynamic energy budget; Ocean acidification.

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate Change
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Oceans and Seas
Seawater
Spisula*
Temperature