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Hui Kong

Impacts of multiple stressors on reproductive performance and gamete metabolism of the blue mussels Mytilus edulis : physiological mechanisms and ecological implications

Universität Rostock, 13.07.2025

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00005649

Abstract: Mussels face warming, hypoxia, and salinity shifts. In Mytilus edulis, we tested whether sperm ATP comes mainly from oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and how parental hypoxia/anoxia and seawater temperature/salinity affect sperm and fertilization. OXPHOS was the main ATP source for motility. Parental anoxia lowered mitochondrial ATP capacity and coupling; hypoxia/anoxia increased mitochondrial ROS. Heat reduced respiratory efficiency and raised ROS; salinity effects were small. Sperm mitochondria were resilient; reproduction likely limited by gametes/embryos, not sperm metabolism.

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