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Longer exposure to warm water increases subsequent thermal tolerance of brook
trout in cold water: acclimation timing and physiology
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Regish AM
; O'Donnell MJ
; Letcher BH
; Lambert TD
; Hall DJ
; McCormick SD
Conserv Physiol
2025[]; 13
(1
): coaf082
PMID41384234
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Climate change has resulted in increased incidence and variability of warming
episodes in cold-water streams that support salmonids. The capacity to acclimate
to warm temperatures may allow cold-water fish to persist in spite of changing
thermal regimes, but accurately predicting fish performance under fluctuating
stream temperatures also requires understanding re-acclimation to cool water,
which is less well understood. We tested how thermal acclimation to warm
temperatures and re-acclimation to cool water affected thermal tolerance and
physiological endpoints in juvenile brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). We show
that an initial thermal exposure (22°C, ?T?=?7°C) of 3, 7 and 14 days (but not
1 day) improved critical thermal maximum (CT(max)) after a 14-day re-acclimation
to cooler temperatures (15°C). Fish growth during the re-acclimation period
decreased with increasing duration of initial thermal exposure (22°C).
Physiological parameters associated with thermal acclimation (cortisol, glucose,
haematocrit and haemoglobin) were lower at 15°C re-acclimation temperature than
at the initial thermal treatment (22°C) and in some cases, lower than the 15°C
control. Muscle HSP70 protein increased early (1 day) as part of the warm
acclimation process and remained elevated at lower levels for up to 14 days.
During re-acclimation to 15°C, HSP70 decreased relative to initial measures at
22°C. Fish exposed to the longest thermal treatment (22°C for 14 days) maintained
elevated CT(max) after 30 days of re-acclimation to 15°C without observed
differences in the measured physiological endpoints but returned to control
levels after 42 days at 15°C. This work shows that high-temperature acclimation
effects in brook trout are retained for up to 30 days following re-acclimation to
cool temperatures, and that isolated warming events may be expected to
temporarily enhance thermal tolerance in subsequent thermal challenges.