Temperature increase and its effects on fish stress physiology in the context of global warming
2020/10/28 by Sébastien Alfonso, Manuel Gesto, Bastien Sadoul · 602 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Climate change #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fishery #Food Industry and Aquatic Biology #Global warming #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Physiology #Zoology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jfb.14599
published in Journal of Fish Biology 98(6), 1496-1508 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2020/10/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03
Abstract
The capacity of fishes to cope with environmental variation is considered to be a main determinant of their fitness and is partly determined by their stress physiology. By 2100, global ocean temperature is expected to rise by 1-4°C, with potential consequences for stress physiology. Global warming is affecting animal populations worldwide through chronic temperature increases and an increase in the frequency of extreme heatwave events. As ectotherms, fishes are expected to be particularly vulnerable to global warming. Although little information is available about the effects of global warming on stress physiology in nature, multiple studies describe the consequences of temperature increases on stress physiology in controlled laboratory conditions, providing insight into what can be expected in the wild. Chronic temperature increase constitutes a physiological load that can alter the ability of fishes to cope with additional stressors, which might compromise their fitness. In addition, rapid temperature increases are known to induce acute stress responses in fishes and might be of ecological relevance in particular situations. This review summarizes knowledge about effects of temperature increases on the stress physiology of fishes and discusses these in the context of global warming.
Citations
Cited by
- Acclimation temperature and parasite infection drive metabolic changes in a freshwater fish at different biological scales
- Behaviour and size distribution of anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) under El Niño 2023 in the Northern Humboldt Current System
- Conservation physiology of freshwater fishes: an illustration of pressing questions and implications for management
- Sub-seasonal forecasting of thermal stress for Swiss river fishes during heatwaves
- Response of Protein Coding Genes and microRNAs to Temperature Changes in Four Species of Drosophilids
- Longer exposure to warm water increases subsequent thermal tolerance of brook trout in cold water: acclimation timing and physiology
- Landscape transcriptomic analysis detects thermal stress responses and potential adaptive variation in wild brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) during successive heatwaves
- Range‐extending fish become competitive dominants under ocean warming but not heatwaves or acidification
- Native and invasive cichlid fish respond differently to thermal challenge
- Responses of aquaculture fish to climate change‐induced extreme temperatures: A review
- Disentangling the contributions of density dependence and independence to population growth rates
- Ocean deoxygenation and warming disrupt cooperation in coral reef fish mutualisms
- Thermal stress has greater impact on the zebrafish skin microbiota than host genotype
- Euryhaline Atlantic stingray ( Hypanus sabinus ) exhibit elevated oxygen supply capacity in hyposaline water: implications for estuarine species resilience and conservation
- Impacts of present heat waves in freshwater environments during out-growth phase in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, underscores the need of new wisely designed mitigation strategies: climatological, physiological and molecular analyses
- The effects of marine heatwaves on a coral reef snapper: insights into aerobic and anaerobic physiology and recovery
- Thermal tolerance and survival are modulated by a natural gradient of infection in differentially acclimated hosts
- Analysis of renewable-friendly smart grid technologies for the distributed energy investment projects using a hybrid picture fuzzy rough decision-making approach
- Screening for links between behaviour and acute hyperthermia and hypoxia resistance in rainbow trout using isogenic lines
- A systematic review of approaches to assess fish health responses to anthropogenic threats in freshwater ecosystems
- Molecular plasticity to ocean warming and habitat loss in a coral reef fish
- Unraveling the metabolic gene expression and energetic patterns of the seasonally acclimatized gilthead seabream
- Parental selection for growth and early-life low stocking density increase the female-to-male ratio in European sea bass. [europepmc]
- Summer Is Coming! Tackling Ocean Warming in Atlantic Salmon Cage Farming. [europepmc]
- Early warming stress on rainbow trout juveniles impairs male reproduction but contrastingly elicits intergenerational thermotolerance. [europepmc]
- Uncoupling Thermotolerance and Growth Performance in Chinook Salmon: Blood Biochemistry and Immune Capacity. [europepmc]
- In Vitro Fish Models for the Analysis of Ecotoxins and Temperature Increase in the Context of Global Warming. [europepmc]
- Plasticity to ocean warming is influenced by transgenerational, reproductive, and developmental exposure in a coral reef fish. [europepmc]
- The alternative splicing landscape of a coral reef fish during a marine heatwave. [europepmc]
- Acute and chronic cold exposure differentially affect cardiac control, but not cardiorespiratory function, in resting Atlantic salmon (S almo salar ). [europepmc]
- Temperature affects settlement success of ectoparasitic salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) and impacts the immune and stress response of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). [europepmc]
- Heat Stress Weakens the Skin Barrier Function in Sturgeon by Decreasing Mucus Secretion and Disrupting the Mucosal Microbiota. [europepmc]
- Crosstalk between Growth and Osmoregulation of GHRH-SST-GH-IGF Axis in Triploid Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ). [europepmc]
- Steroidogenic Effects of Salinity Change on the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonad (HPG) Axis of Male Chinese Sea Bass ( Lateolabrax maculatus ). [europepmc]
- Aquaponics as a Promising Strategy to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on Rainbow Trout Culture. [europepmc]
- In Vitro Assessment of Yeasts Strains with Probiotic Attributes for Aquaculture Use. [europepmc]
- Physiological Benefits of Novel Selenium Delivery via Nanoparticles. [europepmc]
- Seed Priming with the Selenium Nanoparticles Maintains the Redox Status in the Water Stressed Tomato Plants by Modulating the Antioxidant Defense Enzymes. [europepmc]
- Comprehensive Analysis of Microbiome, Metabolome, and Transcriptome Revealed the Mechanisms of Intestinal Injury in Rainbow Trout under Heat Stress. [europepmc]
- The upper temperature and hypoxia limits of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) depend greatly on the method utilized. [europepmc]
- IBRtools: An R package for calculating integrated biomarker indexes. [europepmc]
- A conceptual framework for understanding stress-induced physiological and transgenerational effects on population responses to climate change. [europepmc]
- Are fish immunocompetent enough to face climate change? [europepmc]
- Thermal tolerance and survival are modulated by a natural gradient of infection in differentially acclimated hosts. [europepmc]
- Integrated transcriptome and microRNA analysis reveals molecular responses to high-temperature stress in the liver of American shad (Alosa sapidissima). [europepmc]
- Ribosome Profiling and RNA Sequencing Reveal Translation and Transcription Regulation under Acute Heat Stress in Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss , Walbaum , 1792 ) Liver. [europepmc]
- Immune protective, stress indicators, antioxidant, histopathological status, and heat shock protein gene expression impacts of dietary Bacillus spp. against heat shock in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. [europepmc]
Related