AQUATROPHYS (2021.09718. CBM ), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.; Shallow water environments have long been recognized by scientists as sentinels for climate change. By analysing the impacts of ocean warming and marine heatwaves (MHW) in species from these areas, we can estimate their plasticity and hence vulnerability to therma...