Marine heatwave conditions drive carryover effects in a temperate sponge microbiome and developmental performance

Marine heatwaves are increasingly subjecting organisms to unprecedented stressful conditions, but the biological consequences of these events are still poorly understood. Here we experimentally tested the presence of carryover effects of heatwave conditions on the larval microbiome, settlers' growth rate and metamorphosis duration of the temperate sponge Crella incrustans., ,

海洋热浪正日益使海洋生物面临前所未有的胁迫环境，但目前学界对这类事件所引发的生物学后果仍知之甚少。本研究通过实验，检验了热浪环境遗留效应（carryover effects）的存在性，并探明了其对温带海绵Crella incrustans的幼虫微生物组、附着幼体生长速率以及变态持续时长的影响。