Publications by authors named "Giverny G Rodgers"
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- Global warming may push ectothermic species like tropical damselfish beyond their thermal limits, making adaptability crucial.
- This study examines how exposure to elevated temperatures over three generations affects the fish's performance and gene expression, showing benefits from both parental experiences and juvenile conditions.
- Results indicate that while parental exposure improves aerobic capacity in offspring, the current developmental environment plays a significant role in determining overall health and gene expression for the next generation.
Climate change is leading to shifts in species geographical distributions, but populations are also probably adapting to environmental change at different rates across their range. Owing to a lack of natural and empirical data on the influence of phenotypic adaptation on range shifts of marine species, we provide a general conceptual model for understanding population responses to climate change that incorporates plasticity and adaptation to environmental change in marine ecosystems. We use this conceptual model to help inform where within the geographical range each mechanism will probably operate most strongly and explore the supporting evidence in species.
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