Salinity-induced heterokairy in an upper-estuarine population of the snail Radix balthica (Mollusca: Pulmonata)

Aquatic Biology

关键词: Developmental phenotypic plasticity;    Seawater intrusion;    Embryonic development;    Sequence changes;   

DOI  :  10.3354/ab00231

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Climate change is predicted to increase sea level and cause saline intrusion of coastal freshwaters. This will have consequences for freshwater organisms inhabiting such areas; developmental phenotypic plasticity may facilitate the persistence of freshwater species under such scenarios of increased salinity. Here we investigated developmental plasticity under different salinity treatments (S = 2, 5, 7 and 9, with artificial pond water [APW] and deionised water [S = 0] as controls) in embryos from an upper-estuarine population of the gastropod

【 授权许可】

CC BY