Early-Life Exposure to Warming Enhances Sea Urchin Heatwave Tolerance but Fails under Extreme Stress
Lucrezia C. Bonzi, Sneha Suresh, Jade M. Sourisse, Maxine Cutracci, Arthur C.-K. Chung, Daniele Romeo, Jingliang Kang, Debora Desantis, Beatriz Peters Pereira, Eve Otjacques, Jose Ricardo Paula, Tiago Repolho, Celia Schunter
This study shows that early-life exposure to warming increases sea urchin tolerance to moderate heatwaves but not extreme ones, revealing context-dependent developmental plasticity.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology