Squids are powerful swimmers with high metabolic rates despite constrained oxygen uptake and transport. They have evolved novel physiological strategies for survival in extreme environments that provide insight into their susceptibility to asphyxiation under anthropogenic ocean incalescence (warming), deoxygenation, and acidification. Plasticity of ecological and physiological traits, in conjunction with vertical and latitudinal mobility, may explain their evolutionary persistence and ensure their future survival.
Seibel B. A., 2016. Cephalopod susceptibility to asphyxiation via ocean incalescence, deoxygenation, and acidification. Physiology 31(6):418-429. Article (subscription required).
