Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors

Authors

• Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University
• Francis Choi, Northeastern University
• Allison Matzelle, Northeastern University
• Jessica Torossian, Northeastern University
• Scott Morello, The Downeast Institute
• K.A.S. Mislan, University of Washington
• Lauren Yamane, University of California, Davis
• Denise Strickland, University of South Carolina
• P. Szathmary, University of South Carolina
• Sarah Gilman, Claremont McKenna College
• Alyson Tockstein, University of South Carolina
• Thomas Hilbish, University of South Carolina
• Michael Burrows, Scottish Association for Marine Science
• Anne Marie Power, National University of Ireland, Galway
• Elizabeth Gosling, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Nova Mieszkowska, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Christopher Harley, University of British Columbia
• Michael Nishizaki, University of Washington
• Emily Carrington, University of Washington
• Bruce Menge, Oregon State University
• Laura Petes, Oregon State University
• Melissa Foley, Oregon State University
• Angela Johnson, Oregon State University
• Megan Poole, Oregon State University
• Mae Noble, Oregon State University
• Erin Richmond, Oregon State University
• Matt Robart, Oregon State University
• Jonathan Robinson, Oregon State University
• Jerod Sapp, Oregon State University
• Jackie Sones, University of California, Davis
• Bernardo Broitman, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas
• Mark Denny, Stanford University
• Katharine Mach, Stanford University
• Luke P. Miller, San Jose State UniversityFollow
• Michael O'Donnell, Stanford University
• Philip Ross, University of Waikato
• Gretchen Hofmann, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Mackenzie Zippay, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Carol Blanchette, University of California, Santa Barbara
• J. Macfarlan, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
• Benjamin Ruttenberg, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
• Carlos Peña Mejía, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
• Christopher McQuaid, Rhodes University
• Justin Lathlean, Rhodes University
• Cristián Monaco, Rhodes University
• Katy Nicastro, Rhodes University
• Gerardo Zardi, Rhodes University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Scientific Data

Volume

3

First Page

160087

DOI

10.1038/sdata.2016.87

Keywords

Climate-change impacts, Ecophysiology, Marine biology

Disciplines

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Marine Biology | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Other Physiology

Abstract

At a proximal level, the physiological impacts of global climate change on ectothermic organisms are manifest as changes in body temperatures. Especially for plants and animals exposed to direct solar radiation, body temperatures can be substantially different from air temperatures. We deployed biomimetic sensors that approximate the thermal characteristics of intertidal mussels at 71 sites worldwide, from 1998-present. Loggers recorded temperatures at 10–30 min intervals nearly continuously at multiple intertidal elevations. Comparisons against direct measurements of mussel tissue temperature indicated errors of ~2.0–2.5 °C, during daily fluctuations that often exceeded 15°–20 °C. Geographic patterns in thermal stress based on biomimetic logger measurements were generally far more complex than anticipated based only on ‘habitat-level’ measurements of air or sea surface temperature. This unique data set provides an opportunity to link physiological measurements with spatially- and temporally-explicit field observations of body temperature.

Comments

This article was originally published in Scientific Data, volume 3, 2016. It can be found at this link. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Recommended Citation

Brian Helmuth, Francis Choi, Allison Matzelle, Jessica Torossian, Scott Morello, K.A.S. Mislan, Lauren Yamane, Denise Strickland, P. Szathmary, Sarah Gilman, Alyson Tockstein, Thomas Hilbish, Michael Burrows, Anne Marie Power, Elizabeth Gosling, Nova Mieszkowska, Christopher Harley, Michael Nishizaki, Emily Carrington, Bruce Menge, Laura Petes, Melissa Foley, Angela Johnson, Megan Poole, Mae Noble, Erin Richmond, Matt Robart, Jonathan Robinson, Jerod Sapp, Jackie Sones, Bernardo Broitman, Mark Denny, Katharine Mach, Luke P. Miller, Michael O'Donnell, Philip Ross, Gretchen Hofmann, Mackenzie Zippay, Carol Blanchette, J. Macfarlan, Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte, Benjamin Ruttenberg, Carlos Peña Mejía, Christopher McQuaid, Justin Lathlean, Cristián Monaco, Katy Nicastro, and Gerardo Zardi. "Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors" Scientific Data (2016): 160087. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.87

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