Ghosts of Stressors Past: How Marine Animals Respond to Stress Over Multiple Generations and Life Stages
When: Thursday,
October 26, 2023
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Where: Claire T. Carney Library, Office of Faculty Development
Description: Abstract: Have you heard about how maternal stress during pregnancy can affect health outcomes for children or how trauma in past generations can persist to impact future generations?
These are examples of "legacy effects," which amazingly also occur in plants and animals across the tree of life. My research looks at legacy effects in marine invertebrates, including oysters and snails, and especially focuses on the legacy of stress. We will discuss how early life exposure to climate change stressors affects oyster performance and how parental exposure to predators impacts fear responses in offspring snails. Legacy effects have implications across levels of biological organization - from molecules to ecosystems - and can be integrated into policy, management, and conservation to help species become more resilient to the growing stressors brought on by human activities.
These are examples of "legacy effects," which amazingly also occur in plants and animals across the tree of life. My research looks at legacy effects in marine invertebrates, including oysters and snails, and especially focuses on the legacy of stress. We will discuss how early life exposure to climate change stressors affects oyster performance and how parental exposure to predators impacts fear responses in offspring snails. Legacy effects have implications across levels of biological organization - from molecules to ecosystems - and can be integrated into policy, management, and conservation to help species become more resilient to the growing stressors brought on by human activities.
Topical Areas: Faculty, Faculty Development