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The last generation: F3 of Echinometra sea urchins under experimental climate change

Name: The last generation: F3 of Echinometra sea urchins under experimental climate change
Published: 2026

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

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A >6 years mesocosm experiment was conducted to study the ocean warming and acidification threat to calcifying marine invertebrates such as Echinoderms looking at the cross- or trans-generational plasticity (TGP) as a mechanism for organisms to cope with climate change.

Marine invertebrates were exposed to climate stressors over multiple generations, rearing sea urchins at three climate scenarios (present day, predictions for 2050 and for 2100). Experimental treatments were conducted over 3 generations with Echinometra sp. A adults and larval between April 2016 and January 2022. Parental generation was sourced at Trunk Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef. Treatment conditions included:

Ambient (present day) Temperature based on seasonal profiling average 1991-2012 recorded at Davies Reef; 400 ppm (daily variation = ±60 ppm pCO2)
2050 (+ 1°C temperature increase; ~685 ppm pCO2) (daily variation = ±60 ppm pCO2)
2100 (+ 2°C temperature increase; ~940 ppm pCO2) (daily variation = ±60 ppm pCO2)

For full details see Uthicke, et al (2025)- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04578-0

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Watson, SA. Museum of Tropical Queensland & James Cook University

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Patel, F. A(IMS)

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Karelitz, S.E. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Uthicke, S. (AIMS)

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Petrik, C. AIMS & Mote Marine Laboratory, Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration, Sarasota, FL, USA

Credit
Lamare, M.D. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Modified: 18 09 2026

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Uthicke, S., Patel, F., Thoben, F., Dee, A., & Lamare, M. (2024). The last generation: F3 of Echinometra sea urchins under experimental climate change. Marine Biology, 172(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04578-0

doi : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04578-0 DOI Link

Uthicke et al 2024 Data for figures [zip folder size: 139 KB]

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