Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak
The acidification of the oceans could potentially alter marine plankton communities with consequences for ecosystem functioning. While several studies have investigated effects of ocean acidification on communities using traditional methods, few have used genetic analyses. Here, we use community bar...
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ftleibnizopen:oai:oai.leibnizopen.de:L9E_fYoBNQPDO7WIN9Dh 2023-10-09T21:54:50+02:00 Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak Langer, Julia SHARMA, RAHUL Schmidt, Susanne I. Bahrdt, Sebastian Horn, Henriette G. Algueró-Muñiz, María Nam, Bora Achterberg, Eric P. Riebesell, Ulf Boersma, Maarten Thines, Marco Schwenk, Klaus 2017 https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6410325 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175808 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405915/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175808#sec019 eng eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PLOS ONE, 12(4):e0175808 Mesocosms Polymerase chain reaction Plankton Sequence databases Taxonomy Carbon dioxide Phytoplankton Copepods 2017 ftleibnizopen https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175808 2023-09-10T23:09:21Z The acidification of the oceans could potentially alter marine plankton communities with consequences for ecosystem functioning. While several studies have investigated effects of ocean acidification on communities using traditional methods, few have used genetic analyses. Here, we use community barcoding to assess the impact of ocean acidification on the composition of a coastal plankton community in a large scale, in situ, long-term mesocosm experiment. High-throughput sequencing resulted in the identification of a wide range of planktonic taxa (Alveolata, Cryptophyta, Haptophyceae, Fungi, Metazoa, Hydrozoa, Rhizaria, Straminipila, Chlorophyta). Analyses based on predicted operational taxonomical units as well as taxonomical compositions revealed no differences between communities in high CO2 mesocosms (~ 760 μatm) and those exposed to present-day CO2 conditions. Observed shifts in the planktonic community composition were mainly related to seasonal changes in temperature and nutrients. Furthermore, based on our investigations, the elevated CO2 did not affect the intraspecific diversity of the most common mesozooplankter, the calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes. Nevertheless, accompanying studies found temporary effects attributed to a raise in CO2. Differences in taxa composition between the CO2 treatments could, however, only be observed in a specific period of the experiment. Based on our genetic investigations, no compositional long-term shifts of the plankton communities exposed to elevated CO2 conditions were observed. Thus, we conclude that the compositions of planktonic communities, especially those in coastal areas, remain rather unaffected by increased CO2. Other/Unknown Material Ocean acidification Copepods LeibnizOpen (The Leibniz Association) PLOS ONE 12 4 e0175808 |
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Mesocosms Polymerase chain reaction Plankton Sequence databases Taxonomy Carbon dioxide Phytoplankton Copepods Langer, Julia SHARMA, RAHUL Schmidt, Susanne I. Bahrdt, Sebastian Horn, Henriette G. Algueró-Muñiz, María Nam, Bora Achterberg, Eric P. Riebesell, Ulf Boersma, Maarten Thines, Marco Schwenk, Klaus Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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The acidification of the oceans could potentially alter marine plankton communities with consequences for ecosystem functioning. While several studies have investigated effects of ocean acidification on communities using traditional methods, few have used genetic analyses. Here, we use community barcoding to assess the impact of ocean acidification on the composition of a coastal plankton community in a large scale, in situ, long-term mesocosm experiment. High-throughput sequencing resulted in the identification of a wide range of planktonic taxa (Alveolata, Cryptophyta, Haptophyceae, Fungi, Metazoa, Hydrozoa, Rhizaria, Straminipila, Chlorophyta). Analyses based on predicted operational taxonomical units as well as taxonomical compositions revealed no differences between communities in high CO2 mesocosms (~ 760 μatm) and those exposed to present-day CO2 conditions. Observed shifts in the planktonic community composition were mainly related to seasonal changes in temperature and nutrients. Furthermore, based on our investigations, the elevated CO2 did not affect the intraspecific diversity of the most common mesozooplankter, the calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes. Nevertheless, accompanying studies found temporary effects attributed to a raise in CO2. Differences in taxa composition between the CO2 treatments could, however, only be observed in a specific period of the experiment. Based on our genetic investigations, no compositional long-term shifts of the plankton communities exposed to elevated CO2 conditions were observed. Thus, we conclude that the compositions of planktonic communities, especially those in coastal areas, remain rather unaffected by increased CO2. |
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Langer, Julia SHARMA, RAHUL Schmidt, Susanne I. Bahrdt, Sebastian Horn, Henriette G. Algueró-Muñiz, María Nam, Bora Achterberg, Eric P. Riebesell, Ulf Boersma, Maarten Thines, Marco Schwenk, Klaus |
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Langer, Julia SHARMA, RAHUL Schmidt, Susanne I. Bahrdt, Sebastian Horn, Henriette G. Algueró-Muñiz, María Nam, Bora Achterberg, Eric P. Riebesell, Ulf Boersma, Maarten Thines, Marco Schwenk, Klaus |
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Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak |
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community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the gullmar fjord, skagerrak |
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