
doi: 10.3390/md13106019
Ocean warming and acidification are current global environmental challenges impacting aquatic organisms. A shift in conditions outside the optimal environmental range for marine species is likely to generate stress that could impact metabolic activity, with consequences for the biosynthesis of marine lipids. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in the lipid content of Dicathais orbita exposed to current and predicted future climate change scenarios. The whelks were exposed to a combination of temperature and CO2-induced acidification treatments in controlled flowthrough seawater mesocosms for 35 days. Under current conditions, D. orbita foot tissue has an average of 6 mg lipid/g tissue, but at predicted future ocean temperatures, the total lipid content dropped significantly, to almost half. The fatty acid composition is dominated by polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA 52%) with an n-3:6 fatty acid ratio of almost 2, which remains unchanged under future ocean conditions. However, we detected an interactive effect of temperature and pCO2 on the % PUFAs and n-3 and n-6 fatty acids were significantly reduced by elevated water temperature, while both the saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids were significantly reduced under increased pCO2 acidifying conditions. The present study indicates the potential for relatively small predicted changes in ocean conditions to reduce lipid reserves and alter the fatty acid composition of a predatory marine mollusc. This has potential implications for the growth and survivorship of whelks under future conditions, but only minimal implications for human consumption of D. orbita as nutritional seafood are predicted.
QH301-705.5, marine lipids, n-6, <i>n-</i>3, 333, n-3, Article, <i>n-</i>6, ocean climate change, Dicathais orbita, Biology (General), <i>Dicathais orbita</i>, plasmalogens, Environmental Sciences, polyunsaturated fatty acids
QH301-705.5, marine lipids, n-6, <i>n-</i>3, 333, n-3, Article, <i>n-</i>6, ocean climate change, Dicathais orbita, Biology (General), <i>Dicathais orbita</i>, plasmalogens, Environmental Sciences, polyunsaturated fatty acids
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