Strong Sensitivity of Red Sea Zooplankton to UV-B Radiation

Ali M. Al-Aidaroos; Mohsen M.O. El-Sherbiny; Sathianeson Satheesh; Gopikrishna Mantha; Susana Agustī; Beatriz Carreja; Carlos M. Duarte

doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9868-4

Strong Sensitivity of Red Sea Zooplankton to UV-B Radiation

Ali M. Al-Aidaroos, Mohsen M.O. El-Sherbiny, Sathianeson Satheesh, Gopikrishna Mantha, Susana Agustī, Beatriz Carreja, Carlos M. Duarte^*

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Biological, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

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Abstract

The impacts of UV-B radiation to Red Sea coastal zooplankton was assessed experimentally at the time (May/June) of peak UV-B radiation, using the most abundant zooplankton species in the community (eight copepod genera, a cladoceran, an ostracod, a cumacean, and two meroplankton, including crab zoeae and megalopa). Mortality rates increased greatly in the presence of ambient UV-B radiation for all species tested except for Labidocera, Macrosetella, and the crab megalopa larvae. Mortality rates declined, on average, threefold when UV-B radiation was removed. These results provide evidence that Red Sea zooplankton are highly vulnerable to ambient levels of UV-B radiation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	846-853
Number of pages	8
Journal	Estuaries and Coasts
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9868-4
State	Published - May 1 2015

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Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University (grant no. 1-150/1433 HiCi). The authors, therefore, acknowledge with thanks the DSR technical and financial support. We thank Mr. Muaadh Al-Nuwarah, Mr. Ahmed Al-Haj, and Mr. Reny Devassy for their help in the field and the laboratory. We also thank Dr. Sambhu Chithambaran for providing facilities in the fish farm and Mr. Salman A. Al-Ahmadi and Mr. Bandar Al-Shareef for logistic assistance.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation.

Keywords

Copepods
Holoplankton
Meroplankton
Red Sea
UV-B impacts

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science
Ecology

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