This document summarizes the key objectives and findings from three papers in a PhD thesis on the impacts of climate change on the seaweed Fucus serratus. Paper I used ecological niche modeling to predict the northward migration of F. serratus and other seaweeds by 2100-2200 as temperatures rise. Paper II examined the physiological tolerance of F. serratus populations to heat stress and found local adaptation but signs that southern populations may exceed stress limits by 2200. Paper III analyzed genetic changes after a decade and found effective population sizes maintained adaptive potential except possibly in southern Britain and Spain where changes were detected.
Formation of low mass protostars and their circumstellar disks
Climate change impact on the seaweed Fucus serratus, a key foundational species on North Atlantic rocky shores
1. Introduction Paper I Paper II Paper III Overall conclusions
Climate change impact on the seaweed
Fucus serratus, a key foundational species
on North Atlantic rocky shores
Alexander Jüterbock
Alexander.Juterbock@uin.no
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
University of Nordland
PhD Thesis, 01.06.2010–12.08.2013
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CO2 increase since the industrial revolution
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Recent climate change
2001–2005 mean surface temperature anomaly
(Base Period = 1951–1981)
Global mean = 0.54
[Hansen et al., 2006; PNAS]
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Climate change responses
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Temperature
rise
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Heat waves
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Seasonality
shi
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Ocean
acidifica on
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
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Species
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High sensitivity of intertidal species
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Seaweeds are key species in temperate
North Atlantic regions
Between the 10 summer and the 20 winter isotherm
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Seaweeds are key species in temperate
North Atlantic regions
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The focal species Fucus serratus
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Fucus in the tree of life
[Cock et al., 2010; Nature]
[Coyer et al., 2006; Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.]
Hybridization
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Life cycle and dispersal of Fucus serratus
[Braune, 2008; Meeresalgen]
♂ ♀ dioecious
Fecundity: 106
eggs per female
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Life cycle and dispersal of Fucus serratus
[Braune, 2008; Meeresalgen]
♂ ♀ dioecious
zygote dispersal: <10m
Fecundity: 106
eggs per female
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Life cycle and dispersal of Fucus serratus
[Braune, 2008; Meeresalgen]
♂ ♀ dioecious
zygote dispersal: <10m
panmictic unit: 0.5–2km
Fecundity: 106
eggs per female
low genetic exchange
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Distribution of F. serratus in the North Atlantic
Occurrence records
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Distribution of F. serratus in the North Atlantic
Last Glacial Maximum 18-20,000 years ago
Occurrence records Glacial Refugia
[Hoarau et al., 2007; Mol. Ecol.]
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Distribution of F. serratus in the North Atlantic
Occurrence records Glacial Refugia
[Hoarau et al., 2007; Mol. Ecol.]
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Recent changes in southern edge populations
of F. serratus
1999
2010
90% abundance decline
Reduced reproductive capacity
[Viejo et al., 2011; Ecography]
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Distributional shift
until 2200
Warm temperature
tolerance
Genetic changes over the past decade
Adaptive potential to future stress
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Distributional shift
until 2200
Warm temperature
tolerance
Genetic changes over the past decade
Adaptive potential to future stress
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Paper I - Migration
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Predominant seaweeds in the North-Atlantic
Fucus serratus Fucus
vesiculosus
Ascophyllum
nodosum
Shores with biggest ecological change?
Assemblage shift?
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Ecological Niche Modeling
Present-day conditions
Bio-ORACLE database
[Tyberghein et al., 2011; Global Ecol. Biogeogr.].
Georeferenced Occurrences
DA (m−1)
SST ( )
SAT ( )
Ecological Niche Model (Maxent [Phillips et al., 2006; Ecol. Model.])
2000 2100 ? 2200 ?
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Ecological Niche Modeling
Present-day conditions
Bio-ORACLE database
[Tyberghein et al., 2011; Global Ecol. Biogeogr.].
Georeferenced Occurrences
DA (m−1)
SST ( )
SAT ( )
Ecological Niche Model (Maxent [Phillips et al., 2006; Ecol. Model.])
2000 2100 ? 2200 ?
CO2 emission scenario changes
SST ( )
SAT ( )
SST ( )
SAT ( )
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Predicted Niche Shifts
Based on the intermediate IPCC scenario A1B
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Conclusions
Migration
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Shores with biggest ecological
change?
Warm temperate and Arctic areas
Assemblage shift?
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Predominant seaweeds shift northward as an
assemblage
East-Atlantic
F. serratus F. vesiculosus A. nodosum
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Conclusions
Migration
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Shores with biggest ecological
change?
Warm temperate and Arctic areas
Assemblage shift
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Climate change impact also on subtidal kelp
[Raybaud et al., 2013; PLOS ONE]
Percentage of models forecasting a
disappearance of Laminaria digitata
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Conclusions
Migration
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Shores with biggest ecological
change?
Warm temperate and Arctic areas
Assemblage shift
Mitigation by acclimation or adap-
tation?
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Distributional shift
until 2200
Warm tempera-
ture tolerance
Genetic changes over the past decade
Adaptive potential to future stress
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Paper II - Acclimation
Thermal stress resistance of the brown alga
Fucus serratus along the North-Atlantic coast:
acclimatization potential to climate change
Alexander Jueterbock, Spyros Kollias, Irina Smolina,
Jorge M.O. Fernandes, James A. Coyer, Jeanine L. Olsen, Galice Hoarau
Marine Genomics. Submitted
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Local thermal adaptation?
Areas under highest extinction risk?
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Common-garden heat stress experiments
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
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Common-garden heat stress experiments
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
Bodø
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Common-garden heat stress experiments
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
Bodø
Acclimation at 9
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Common-garden heat stress experiments
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
Bodø
Heat stress, 6 ind./pop
1h Stress 24h Recovery
9
20
24
28
32
36
T (°C)
Time
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Measuring the physiological stress response
Fitness
Temperature
BenignStress StressLethal Lethal
Photosynthetic
performance
Fluorescence measurements
20 –36
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Local adaptation
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Thermal range in 2000
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Local adaptation
sst mean
sst range
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Thermal range in 2000
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Local adaptation
highest upper temperature highest tolerance limit
sst mean
sst range
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Thermal range in 2200
sst mean
sst range
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Thermal range in 2200
Stress
sst mean
sst range
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Photosynthetic response
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
Tested temperature range
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
stress without recovery
stress with recovery
Thermal range in 2200
Stress
Stress limit reached at the southern range
sst mean
sst range
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Conclusions
Acclimation
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Local thermal adaptation
Areas under highest extinction risk?
Resilience
Photosynthetic
performance
in 2200
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Measuring the physiological stress response
Fitness
Temperature
BenignStress StressLethal Lethal
Hspexpression
Real-time qPCR
Protein denaturation
Aggregation
Refolding
Resolubilization
Prevention
Stabilization
sHSP
HSP60
HSP70
HSP90
HSP100
28 ,32
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sHsp gene expression
Before heat shock exposure After 24h recovery
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sHsp gene expression
Before heat shock exposure
High constitutive expression
After 24h recovery
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sHsp gene expression
Before heat shock exposure
High constitutive expression
After 24h recovery
Reduced responsiveness
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Conclusions
Acclimation
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Migra on
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Acclima on
.
Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Local thermal adaptation
Areas under highest extinction risk?
(Brittany), Spain
Resilience
Photosynthetic
performance
in 2200
Heat shock
response
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Objectives
..
Migra on
.
Acclima on
.
Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Distributional shift
until 2200
Warm temperature
tolerance
Genetic changes over the past decade
Adaptive potential to future stress
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Paper III - Adaptation
A decade of climate change on
North Atlantic rocky shores
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can the seaweed Fucus serratus
adapt to rising temperatures?
Alexander Jueterbock, Spyros Kollias, James A. Coyer, Jeanine L. Olsen,
Galice Hoarau
Manuscript
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Objectives
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Effective population size Ne? Genetic changes (past 10 yrs)?
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Sampling scheme (50–75 ind./pop)
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
1 decade
of selection
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Methods and analysis
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
1 decade
of selection
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Methods and analysis
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
1 decade
of selection
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Effective population size Ne
Reflecting adaptive capacity
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
18
63
207
23
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
32
61
210
26
Estimates excluding outlier loci
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Conclusions
Adapatation
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Migra on
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Acclima on
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Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Effective population size Ne? Genetic changes (past 10 yrs)?
Ne
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Methods
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
1 decade
of selection
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Changes in allelic richness
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
3.1
4.6
8.0
4.0
Norway
Denmark
Brittany
Spain
3.3
4.8
7.9
4.6
Significant
decline
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Conclusions
Adaptation
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Migra on
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Acclima on
.
Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Effective population size Ne? Genetic changes (past 10 yrs)?
Ne α
*
significant decline
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Methods and analysis
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
Spatial approach
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Temperature conditions
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Methods and analysis
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
Spatial approach
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Spatial outlier loci
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1: E6, L58
2: F36, F49, L58
3: F19, L58
1: F19, L58
2: E9, F22, F49, L58
3: E9, F19, F60, L58
1
2
3
1
2
3
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Spatial outlier loci
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1: E6, L58
2: F36, F49, L58
3: F19, L58
1: F19, L58
2: E9, F22, F49, L58
3: E9, F19, F60, L58
1
2
3
1
2
3
Outliers in both years
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Local adaptation - or?
Examples fo alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Genetic incompatibilities [Bierne et al., 2011; Mol. Ecol.]
Isolation-by-distance pattern increases false positive rate
[Fourcade et al. 2013; Mol. Ecol., Bierne et al., 2013; Mol. Ecol.]
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Methods and analysis
∼ 2000 2 heat waves ∼ 2010
Spatial(environmental)effects
Temporal changes
Temporal approach
Genotyping
31 microsatellite markers (20 EST-linked)
Analysis
Effective population size (Ne)
Allelic richness (α)
Temperature associated outlier loci
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Temporal outlier loci
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1:
2: F19, F36
3: B113, B128, E6, E9, F12, F72, L58
4: F19, F65, F69, F72
1
2
3
4
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Temporal outlier loci
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1:
2: F19, F36
3: B113, B128, E6, E9, F12, F72, L58
4: F19, F65, F69, F72
1
2
3
4
Highest proportion of outliers: strongest selection
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Temporal outlier loci
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1:
2: F19, F36
3: B113, B128, E6, E9, F12, F72, L58
4: F19, F65, F69, F72
1
2
3
4
Highest proportion of outliers: strongest selection
Congruent outlier: broad-scale selection
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Spatio-temporal outlier loci
Spatial outliers
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1: E6, L58
2: F36, F49, L58
3: F19, L58
1: F19, L58
2: E9, F22, F49, L58
3: E9, F19, F60, L58
1
2
3
1
2
3
Outliers in both years
Temporal outliers
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1:
2: F19, F36
3: B113, B128, E6, E9, F12, F72, L58
4: F19, F65, F69, F72
1
2
3
4
Highest proportion of outliers: strongest selection
Congruent outlier: broad-scale selection
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Spatio-temporal outlier loci
Spatial outliers
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1: E6, L58
2: F36, F49, L58
3: F19, L58
1: F19, L58
2: E9, F22, F49, L58
3: E9, F19, F60, L58
1
2
3
1
2
3
Outliers in both years
Temporal outliers
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1:
2: F19, F36
3: B113, B128, E6, E9, F12, F72, L58
4: F19, F65, F69, F72
1
2
3
4
Highest proportion of outliers: strongest selection
Congruent outlier: broad-scale selection
F19 - response to climate change?
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Conclusions
Adapatation
..
Migra on
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Acclima on
.
Adapta on
.Fucus
serratus
Effective population size Ne? Genetic changes (past 10 yrs)?
Ne α
*
Temporal outliers
Locus F19 indicates
response to selection
significant decline
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Norway
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Norway
Performance, 2200
Not threatened
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Norway
Ne
Low adaptive potential?
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Norway
Potential to colonize
Arctic shores?
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Denmark
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Denmark
Resilience
Local adaptation
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Denmark
Broadest thermal range
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Denmark
Highest plasticity
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Brittany
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Brittany
Resilience Performance, 2200
Low plasticity
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Brittany
Ne Temporal outliers
Highest adaptability
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Brittany
Will the center of
diversity persist?
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Spain
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Spain
Performance,
2200
Heat shock
response
Insufficient plasticity
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Spain
Ne α
Insufficient adaptive capacity
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Summary and conclusions
MigrationAcclimation
Adaptation
F. serratus, 2200
Spain
Predicted extinction
supported by
all investigations
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Overall conclusion
Climate change driven
ecosystem shift?
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Acknowledgements
Supervisors:
Galice Hoarau
Jorge Fernandes
Jeanine L. Olsen
Spyros Kollias
Irina Smolina
Ketil Eiane
Kurt Tande
Mark Powell
Randi Restad Sjøvik
Steinar Johnson
All lab- and wetlab technicians
All administrative staff
All friends
Dissertation Committee:
Christine Maggs
Nicolas Bierne
Kurt Tande
Olivier De Clerck
Klaas Pauly
Heroen Verbruggen
Lennert Tyberghein
James A. Coyer
Havkyst projects: 196505, 203839, 216484
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mtDNA based Phylogeny
[Coyer et al., 2006; Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.]
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Life cycles of algae
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Recolonization of the N-Atlantic after the LGM
[Hoarau et al., 2007; Mol. Ecol.]
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Glacial refugia identified by mtDNA haplotype diversity
[Hoarau et al., 2007; Mol. Ecol.]
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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Sampling Bias correction
Capturing the sample density with the package ’KernSmooth’
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Sampling Bias correction
Capturing the sample density with the package ’KernSmooth’
Removing samples from areas of highest sample density with the
java program OccurrenceThinner [Verbruggen H., 2012]
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Sampling Bias correction
Capturing the sample density with the package ’KernSmooth’
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Sampling Bias correction
Capturing the sample density with the package ’KernSmooth’
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Sampling Bias correction
Capturing the sample density with the package ’KernSmooth’
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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North Atlantic background samples
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North Atlantic background samples
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North Atlantic background samples
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Habitat suitability predictions depend on the
background area
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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Variable importance
Maxent model output
Contribution of variables to the gain in model performance
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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Variable selection and model evaluation work together
Creating models of decreasing complexity
Evaluating the performance with the AUC, AIC value
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Automatic variable selection
based on Maxent Model Surveyor (Perl program) [Verbruggen H., 2012]
Suggests suitable predictor set
Stepwise exclusion (fwd) or inclusion (bwd) of parameters
Significant change in AUC is the stopping point
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The AUC value
Indicator of a model’s ability to discriminate suitable from non-suitable habitat
[Jimenez-Valverde, 2012; Global Ecol. Biogeogr.]
Sensitivity: Present, predicted as present (True positive rate)
1-Specificity: Absence, predicted as present (False positive rate)
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Issues with the AUC value
Intrinsically higher for species with narrow ranges relative to
the background area
Estimates performance to identify the realized but not the
fundamental niche (equal weight on omission and comission
errors) [Jimenez-Valverde, 2012; Global Ecol. Biogeogr.]
AIC less overpredicting and models better transferable
between regions and times [Warren & Seifert 2011; Ecol. Appl.]
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Importance of temperature for algal distribution
[Jueterbock et al., 2013; Ecol. Evol.]
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Response curves
Contribution of predictors on habitat suitability
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Choices in Ecological Niche Modeling
Occurrence sites
Sampling bias correction
Background sites
Restriction
Environmental
conditions
Variable selection
Model
Model evaluation
Threshold application
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Applying a threshold to the logistic output
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Applying a threshold to the logistic output
Binary prediction of habitat suitability
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Applying a threshold to the logistic output
Binary prediction of habitat suitability
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Present-day habitat suitability and occurrence sites
[Jueterbock et al., 2013; Ecol. Evol.]
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SRES CO2 emission scenarios
[Meehl et al., 2007; Climate Change 2007]
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Ocean currents in the North Atlantic
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OJIP curve
Fm
F0
[Bussotti et al., 2010; Scand. J. Forest Res.]
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Heat stress effect on photosynthesis
PS II
P680
PS I
P700
NADPH
Calvin Cycle
CO2 fixation
decrease
Photochemistry
e− transport
decrease
Photochemistry
e− transport
decrease
Heat
Fluorescence
measurable
increase
Heat
Fluorescence
h ∗ V h ∗ V
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Quantification of gene products
[Nolan et al., 2006; Nature Protocols]
Efficiency = 10−1/slope
quantity = 10
Ct−b
slope
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Long-term heat wave experiment
Sampling times (days)
Temperature ( )
8
12
16
20
24
0d 4d 6d 14d 18d 28d
12h:12h light:dark cycle
F. serratus, (F. distichus)
4/(3) populations
8 inds/pop
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Long-term heat wave experiment
Results for F. serratus
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Long-term heat wave experiment
Results for F. distichus
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Brittany
Low plasticity
HFC correlations?
Testing for MLH - photosynthetic performance correlation
Testing if patches of higher diversity have higher shoot
density, growth etc.
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Spain
Constitutive Hsp expression - low responsiveness
Correlation could be explained by non-release of HSF1
Cold stress during acclimation - heat hardening
In situ hsp measurements necessary to confirm
Unlikely as hsp should have decreased over acclmation time
and 9-20 same performance
Can reduce growth and reproduction (found for F. serratus)
Local adaptation
Adaptive shift in shsp performance (sequence difference?)
Constitutive stress
Temperatures in Spain are getting to warm
Paralogous genes
Could perform differently under stress
Sequencing of gene products necessary
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No correlation between photosynthetic performance and hsp
expression
Other Hsps, like cp-sHSP protect the photoynthetic apparatus
Protein kinase or amino acid oxidase can protect PSII
Alterations in cell membrane involved in HSR
Danish population: increased shsp expression (28 ) and
recovery from 32 uncoupled
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Genome scan for outlier loci
cM
0 100 200
0
0.5
1
0
0.5
1
FST
Heterozygosity
Genotyped loci
Outlier locus
Selective sweep Selective sweep
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Arlequin - test for outlier loci
[Excoffier & Lischer, 2010; Mol. Ecol. Res.]
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Identification of outlier loci
[Luikart et al., 2003; Nature Reviews Genetics]
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Potential reasons for low Ne values
Unequal sex ratios
Variance in family size (individual gametic contribution)
Fluctuations of population size (potential reason for the low
Ne in Spain
Reduced gene flow between populations
Inbreeding
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Ne indicates
The rate of genetic change due to genetic drift is proportional
to 1
2Ne
The effectiveness of selection over genetic drift (drift
dominates if selection < 1
2Ne
Nucleotide diversity 4Nu with u being the mutation rate
In a closed population, Ne can indicate MLH. Gene flow
uncouples Ne from genetic stochasticity
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Significant FIS values can not be explained by a
small-scale family structure
Genetic correlations among individuals
[Coyer et al., 2003; Mol. Ecol.]
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Local adaptation - or?
Alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Geographic distribution that creates correlations in population
structure [Fourcade et al. 2013; Mol. Ecol., Bierne et al., 2013; Mol. Ecol.]
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Local adaptation - or?
Alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Background selection against deleterious mutations
[Charlesworth et al., 1997; Genet. Res.]
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Local adaptation - or?
Alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Species-wide selective sweeps [Bierne, 2010; Evolution]
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Local adaptation - or?
Alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Coupling of endogenous with exogenous gene flow barriers
[Bierne et al., 2011; Mol. Ecol.]
red: endogenous, blue: exogenous alleles
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Local adaptation - or?
Alternative reasons for spatial outliers
Stochastic effects at the wave edge of an expanding
population [Excoffier et al., 2009; Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst.]
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Recent temperature stress in N-Spain
[Duarte et al., 2013; Acta Oecologica]
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Recent temperature stress in N-Spain
[Duarte et al., 2013; Acta Oecologica]
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Work in Progress - Biological replicates
∼ 2000 ∼ 2010
1 decade
of selection
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Proposal to investigate evolutionary change to
experimental temperature stress
♂ x ♀
control heat stress
day 1
day 7
selection
random genetic
change
selection
De novo transcriptome assembly
mRNA libraries, SNP identification
Test for:
Allele frequency changes (outliers)
Enrichment in AA changing SNPs
Based on [Pespeni et al., 2013; PNAS]
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Brittany
High adaptive potential?
Selection experiment (is adaptive variation high?)
Outliers
Checking allele frequency shifts in temporal and spatial
approach
prolong mRNA transcripts to annotate gene products
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Low Ne in F. serratus
Likely reason: Type III survivorship curve
In Spain: Variations in population size, strong selection, thus low
fitness (literature)
Likely not biased by:
unequal sex ratios
Small-scale family structure
Gene flow effects
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Significant FIS
Wahlund Effect - Unlikely as sampling range within panmictic
unit (1-100m)
Inbreeding - would explain low fitness of Spanish southern
edge populations
Null alleles - can not be fully excluded
Selective advantage of homozygotes
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Unsolved questions and further studies
Outlier
High proportion of temporal outliers due to different selective
agents (eutrophication, salinity changes, chemical pollution,
UV-radiation, ocean acidification)
Prolongation of long 3’-UTRs with RACE (rapid amplification
of cDNA ends) for annotation
F19: track allele frequency shifts under experimental selection
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