Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study
Oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) causes pronounced shifts in marine carbonate chemistry and a decrease in seawater pH. Increasing evidence indicates that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-can significantly affect marine food webs and biogeochemical c...
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ftaboakademicris:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/e15bb7a6-352a-44af-943d-5c66ce408f3b 2024-06-16T07:41:58+00:00 Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study 2017-04-04 https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/e15bb7a6-352a-44af-943d-5c66ce408f3b https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00085 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020098659&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/e15bb7a6-352a-44af-943d-5c66ce408f3b info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess The Gran Canaria KOSMOS Consortium 2017 , ' Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic : Insights from an in situ mesocosm study ' , Frontiers in Marine Science , vol. 4 , 85 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00085 Ecological effects of high CO Marine biogeochemistry Mesocosm experiment Ocean acidification Plankton community composition article 2017 ftaboakademicris https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00085 2024-05-22T23:35:55Z Oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) causes pronounced shifts in marine carbonate chemistry and a decrease in seawater pH. Increasing evidence indicates that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-can significantly affect marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles. However, current scientific knowledge is largely based on laboratory experiments with single species and artificial boundary conditions, whereas studies of natural plankton communities are still relatively rare. Moreover, the few existing community-level studies were mostly conducted in rather eutrophic environments, while less attention has been paid to oligotrophic systems such as the subtropical ocean gyres. Here we report from a recent in situ mesocosm experiment off the coast of Gran Canaria in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic, where we investigated the influence of OA on the ecology and biogeochemistry of plankton communities in oligotrophic waters under close-to-natural conditions. This paper is the first in this Research Topic of Frontiers in Marine Biogeochemistry and provides (1) a detailed overview of the experimental design and important events during our mesocosm campaign, and (2) first insights into the ecological responses of plankton communities to simulated OA over the course of the 62-day experiment. One particular scientific objective of our mesocosm experiment was to investigate how OA impacts might differ between oligotrophic conditions and phases of high biological productivity, which regularly occur in response to upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water in the study region. Therefore, we specifically developed a deep water collection system that allowed us to obtain 85 m 3 of seawater from 650 m depth. Thereby, we replaced 20% of each mesocosm's volume with deep water and successfully simulated a deep water upwelling event that induced a pronounced plankton bloom. Our study revealed significant effects of OA on the entire food web, leading to a restructuring of plankton communities ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Ocean acidification Åbo Akademi University Research Portal Frontiers in Marine Science 4 |
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Oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) causes pronounced shifts in marine carbonate chemistry and a decrease in seawater pH. Increasing evidence indicates that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-can significantly affect marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles. However, current scientific knowledge is largely based on laboratory experiments with single species and artificial boundary conditions, whereas studies of natural plankton communities are still relatively rare. Moreover, the few existing community-level studies were mostly conducted in rather eutrophic environments, while less attention has been paid to oligotrophic systems such as the subtropical ocean gyres. Here we report from a recent in situ mesocosm experiment off the coast of Gran Canaria in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic, where we investigated the influence of OA on the ecology and biogeochemistry of plankton communities in oligotrophic waters under close-to-natural conditions. This paper is the first in this Research Topic of Frontiers in Marine Biogeochemistry and provides (1) a detailed overview of the experimental design and important events during our mesocosm campaign, and (2) first insights into the ecological responses of plankton communities to simulated OA over the course of the 62-day experiment. One particular scientific objective of our mesocosm experiment was to investigate how OA impacts might differ between oligotrophic conditions and phases of high biological productivity, which regularly occur in response to upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water in the study region. Therefore, we specifically developed a deep water collection system that allowed us to obtain 85 m 3 of seawater from 650 m depth. Thereby, we replaced 20% of each mesocosm's volume with deep water and successfully simulated a deep water upwelling event that induced a pronounced plankton bloom. Our study revealed significant effects of OA on the entire food web, leading to a restructuring of plankton communities ... |
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Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic:Insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical north atlantic:insights from an in situ mesocosm study |
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The Gran Canaria KOSMOS Consortium 2017 , ' Influence of ocean acidification and deep water upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic : Insights from an in situ mesocosm study ' , Frontiers in Marine Science , vol. 4 , 85 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00085 |
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