Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment
About a quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emissions are currently taken up by the oceans, decreasing seawater pH. We performed a mesocosm experiment in the Baltic Sea in order to investigate the consequences of increasing CO2 levels on pelagic carbon fluxes. A gradient of different CO2 scenarios, ranging...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:34508 2023-05-15T17:52:09+02:00 Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment Spilling, Kristian Schulz, Kai G. Paul, Allanah J. Boxhammer, Tim Achterberg, Eric P. Hornick, Thomas Lischka, Silke Stuhr, Annegret Bermudez, Rafael Czerny, Jan Crawfurd, Kate Brussaard, Corina P. D. Grossart, Hans-Peter Riebesell, Ulf 2016-11-04 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34508/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34508/1/bg-13-6081-2016.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 en eng Copernicus Publications (EGU) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34508/1/bg-13-6081-2016.pdf Spilling, K., Schulz, K. G., Paul, A. J., Boxhammer, T. , Achterberg, E. P. , Hornick, T., Lischka, S. , Stuhr, A., Bermudez, R., Czerny, J., Crawfurd, K., Brussaard, C. P. D., Grossart, H. P. and Riebesell, U. (2016) Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment. Open Access Biogeosciences (BG), 13 . pp. 6081-6093. DOI 10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016>. doi:10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 cc_by_3.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 2023-04-07T15:28:41Z About a quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emissions are currently taken up by the oceans, decreasing seawater pH. We performed a mesocosm experiment in the Baltic Sea in order to investigate the consequences of increasing CO2 levels on pelagic carbon fluxes. A gradient of different CO2 scenarios, ranging from ambient ( ∼ 370 µatm) to high ( ∼ 1200 µatm), were set up in mesocosm bags ( ∼ 55 m3). We determined standing stocks and temporal changes of total particulate carbon (TPC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and particulate organic carbon (POC) of specific plankton groups. We also measured carbon flux via CO2 exchange with the atmosphere and sedimentation (export), and biological rate measurements of primary production, bacterial production, and total respiration. The experiment lasted for 44 days and was divided into three different phases (I: t0–t16; II: t17–t30; III: t31–t43). Pools of TPC, DOC, and DIC were approximately 420, 7200, and 25 200 mmol C m−2 at the start of the experiment, and the initial CO2 additions increased the DIC pool by ∼ 7 % in the highest CO2 treatment. Overall, there was a decrease in TPC and increase of DOC over the course of the experiment. The decrease in TPC was lower, and increase in DOC higher, in treatments with added CO2. During phase I the estimated gross primary production (GPP) was ∼ 100 mmol C m−2 day−1, from which 75–95 % was respired, ∼ 1 % ended up in the TPC (including export), and 5–25 % was added to the DOC pool. During phase II, the respiration loss increased to ∼ 100 % of GPP at the ambient CO2 concentration, whereas respiration was lower (85–95 % of GPP) in the highest CO2 treatment. Bacterial production was ∼ 30 % lower, on average, at the highest CO2 concentration than in the controls during phases II and III. This resulted in a higher accumulation of DOC and lower reduction in the TPC pool in the elevated CO2 treatments at the end of phase II extending throughout phase III. The “extra” organic carbon at high CO2 remained fixed in ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Biogeosciences 13 21 6081 6093 |
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About a quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emissions are currently taken up by the oceans, decreasing seawater pH. We performed a mesocosm experiment in the Baltic Sea in order to investigate the consequences of increasing CO2 levels on pelagic carbon fluxes. A gradient of different CO2 scenarios, ranging from ambient ( ∼ 370 µatm) to high ( ∼ 1200 µatm), were set up in mesocosm bags ( ∼ 55 m3). We determined standing stocks and temporal changes of total particulate carbon (TPC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and particulate organic carbon (POC) of specific plankton groups. We also measured carbon flux via CO2 exchange with the atmosphere and sedimentation (export), and biological rate measurements of primary production, bacterial production, and total respiration. The experiment lasted for 44 days and was divided into three different phases (I: t0–t16; II: t17–t30; III: t31–t43). Pools of TPC, DOC, and DIC were approximately 420, 7200, and 25 200 mmol C m−2 at the start of the experiment, and the initial CO2 additions increased the DIC pool by ∼ 7 % in the highest CO2 treatment. Overall, there was a decrease in TPC and increase of DOC over the course of the experiment. The decrease in TPC was lower, and increase in DOC higher, in treatments with added CO2. During phase I the estimated gross primary production (GPP) was ∼ 100 mmol C m−2 day−1, from which 75–95 % was respired, ∼ 1 % ended up in the TPC (including export), and 5–25 % was added to the DOC pool. During phase II, the respiration loss increased to ∼ 100 % of GPP at the ambient CO2 concentration, whereas respiration was lower (85–95 % of GPP) in the highest CO2 treatment. Bacterial production was ∼ 30 % lower, on average, at the highest CO2 concentration than in the controls during phases II and III. This resulted in a higher accumulation of DOC and lower reduction in the TPC pool in the elevated CO2 treatments at the end of phase II extending throughout phase III. The “extra” organic carbon at high CO2 remained fixed in ... |
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Spilling, Kristian Schulz, Kai G. Paul, Allanah J. Boxhammer, Tim Achterberg, Eric P. Hornick, Thomas Lischka, Silke Stuhr, Annegret Bermudez, Rafael Czerny, Jan Crawfurd, Kate Brussaard, Corina P. D. Grossart, Hans-Peter Riebesell, Ulf |
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Spilling, Kristian Schulz, Kai G. Paul, Allanah J. Boxhammer, Tim Achterberg, Eric P. Hornick, Thomas Lischka, Silke Stuhr, Annegret Bermudez, Rafael Czerny, Jan Crawfurd, Kate Brussaard, Corina P. D. Grossart, Hans-Peter Riebesell, Ulf Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment |
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Spilling, Kristian Schulz, Kai G. Paul, Allanah J. Boxhammer, Tim Achterberg, Eric P. Hornick, Thomas Lischka, Silke Stuhr, Annegret Bermudez, Rafael Czerny, Jan Crawfurd, Kate Brussaard, Corina P. D. Grossart, Hans-Peter Riebesell, Ulf |
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Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment |
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Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment |
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Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34508/1/bg-13-6081-2016.pdf Spilling, K., Schulz, K. G., Paul, A. J., Boxhammer, T. , Achterberg, E. P. , Hornick, T., Lischka, S. , Stuhr, A., Bermudez, R., Czerny, J., Crawfurd, K., Brussaard, C. P. D., Grossart, H. P. and Riebesell, U. (2016) Effects of ocean acidification on pelagic carbon fluxes in a mesocosm experiment. Open Access Biogeosciences (BG), 13 . pp. 6081-6093. DOI 10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016>. doi:10.5194/bg-13-6081-2016 |
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