Marine heatwave and reduced light scenarios cause species-specific metabolomic changes in seagrasses under ocean warming.
Halodule uninervis
Posidonia australis
Shark Bay
adaptation
climate change
gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry
light availability
metabolites
Journal
The New phytologist
ISSN: 1469-8137
Titre abrégé: New Phytol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9882884
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2023
09 2023
Historique:
received:
08
12
2022
accepted:
24
05
2023
medline:
3
8
2023
pubmed:
26
6
2023
entrez:
26
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Climate change and extreme climatic events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs), are threatening seagrass ecosystems. Metabolomics can be used to gain insight into early stress responses in seagrasses and help to develop targeted management and conservation measures. We used metabolomics to understand the temporal and mechanistic response of leaf metabolism in seagrasses to climate change. Two species, temperate Posidonia australis and tropical Halodule uninervis, were exposed to a combination of future warming, simulated MHW with subsequent recovery period, and light deprivation in a mesocosm experiment. The leaf metabolome of P. australis was altered under MHW exposure at ambient light while H. uninervis was unaffected. Light deprivation impacted both seagrasses, with combined effects of heat and low light causing greater alterations in leaf metabolism. There was no MHW recovery in P. australis. Conversely, the heat-resistant leaf metabolome of H. uninervis showed recovery of sugars and intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle under combined heat and low light exposure, suggesting adaptive strategies to long-term light deprivation. Overall, this research highlights how metabolomics can be used to study the metabolic pathways of seagrasses, identifies early indicators of environmental stress and analyses the effects of environmental factors on plant metabolism and health.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1692-1706Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2023 New Phytologist Foundation.
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