H. G. Dam

Complementary genetic and epigenetic changes facilitate rapid adaptation to multiple global change stressors

This study experimentally evolved marine copepods under global change stressors and found complementary genetic and epigenetic changes contribute to resilience, with epigenetic changes linked to stress response and gene expression.

Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves

This study shows seasonal variation in thermal performance curves reduces population vulnerability to heatwaves and mitigates transgenerational effects in copepods.

Parasitism does not reduce thermal limits in the intermediate host of a bopyrid isopod

The study tests whether parasitism reduces thermal limits in copepods but finds no such effect, suggesting host life history may influence environmental sensitivity.

Naupliar exposure to acute warming does not affect ontogenetic patterns in respiration, body size, or development time in the cosmopolitan copepod Acartia tonsa

This study exposes nauplii of Acartia tonsa to acute warming and finds no lasting effects on respiration, body size, or development time during ontogeny.

Experimental evolution reveals the synergistic genomic mechanisms of adaptation to ocean warming and acidification in a marine copepod

This study identifies genetic variation enabling copepod adaptation to ocean warming, acidification, and their combination over 25 generations, revealing synergistic genomic responses to multiple stressors.

Rapid, but limited, zooplankton adaptation to simultaneous warming and acidification

The paper shows rapid but limited adaptation in copepod populations to combined ocean warming and acidification over 25 generations.

Loss and recovery of transcriptional plasticity after long-term adaptation to global change conditions in a marine copepod

This study shows that long-term adaptation to warming and acidification in marine copepods leads to loss of transcriptional plasticity but allows recovery through genetic adaptation.

Complex interactions between local adaptation, plasticity, and sex affect vulnerability to warming in a widespread marine copepod

The paper examines how local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and sex influence thermal tolerance in copepods, finding sex differences and population-specific plasticity effects.