At the tipping point: Differential influences of warming and deoxygenation on the survival, emergence, and respiration of cosmopolitan clams.

Although warming and low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels are co-occurring significant climatic stressors in the ocean, the combined effects of these stressors on marine benthic animals have not been well established. Here, we tested the effects of elevated temperatures and low dissolved oxygen levels on the survival, emerging behavior from sediment, and the respiration of juvenile cosmopolitan Manila clams () by exposing them to two temperatures (20 and 23.5°C) and DO levels (3.