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- Title
Thermal Tolerance of the Shallow-Water Ostracod Cyprideis from a Lagoon in Bahrain, Western Arabian Gulf.
- Authors
Prayudi, Sinatrya Diko; Korin, Asmaa; Kaminski, Michael A.
- Abstract
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the thermal tolerance of the living ostracod Cyprideis sp. from a lagoon known as Murray's Pool on the east coast of Bahrain, in the western Arabian Gulf. Our experimental trials, run in duplicate using a semi-controlled thermal incubator, demonstrate the resilience of the ostracod community to elevated temperatures. We observed that ostracod specimens begin to enter an inactive condition or become comatose at about 39.4 °C, and with increase in temperatures, half of the specimens died or did not recover at 51.8 °C. At 53.5 °C, total mortality is observed with no indication of recovery. These observations have implications for climate change predictions in the western Gulf region, as water temperatures in the lagoon reach 42 °C in summer, while the substrate temperatures on mud flats exposed during low tide exceed the lethal limit of the ostracods during the summer months.
- Subjects
BAHRAIN; PERSIAN Gulf; LAGOONS; WATER temperature; HIGH temperatures; ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE change; GLOBAL warming
- Publication
Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering (Springer Science & Business Media B.V. ), 2024, Vol 49, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
2193-567X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13369-023-08570-6