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Temperature effects on growth performance, fecundity and survival of hippocampus guttulatus

datacite.subject.sdg14:Proteger a Vida Marinha
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorLeitão, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, José Pedro Andrade
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-19T11:32:18Z
dc.date.available2026-01-19T11:32:18Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-25
dc.description.abstractAbstract: This experiment aimed to determine the temperature limits beyond which seahorse growth and reproduction become suboptimal due to climate change. Four temperatures (16, 20, 24, and 28 ◦C) were tested to evaluate their effect on juvenile (1–56 days post-parturition (DPP)) and adult (one year old) long-snout seahorses, Hippocampus guttulatus. Additionally, the reproductive performance of adults was observed. Another experiment measured oxygen consumption (MO2 ) in the same age groups and temperatures. Adults showed significantly higher growth rates at 20 and 24 ◦C compared to 16 and 28 ◦C. Adult mortality rates were 0%, 0%, 6.2%, and 62.5% at the respective temperatures. Juvenile growth performance was higher at 20 ◦C and 24 ◦C but significantly lower at 16 ◦C and null at 28 ◦C, with survival rates of 8%, 62%, 10%, and 0%, respectively. Oxygen consumption increased with temperature, ranging from 106.3 ± 3.1 to 203.3 ± 3.1 µmol O2/g BW/h at 16 ◦C, and from 127.6 ± 3.5 to 273.3 ± 3.1 µmol O2/g BW/h at 28 ◦C for adults and 1 DPP juveniles, respectively. The study highlights that juvenile and adult H. guttulatus have narrow thermal boundaries, beyond which reproduction, growth, and survival are seriously affected. Under climate change, the species appears unable to cope, potentially leading to their rapid disappearance.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/d16120719
dc.identifier.issn1424-2818
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28141
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relationAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
dc.relationAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
dc.relationCentre for Marine and Environmental Research
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSeahorses
dc.subjectHippocampus guttulatus
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.subjectGrowth
dc.subjectReproduction
dc.subjectOxygen consumption
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.titleTemperature effects on growth performance, fecundity and survival of hippocampus guttulatuseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue12
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oaire.citation.volume16
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