Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater
Upwelling is the process by which deep, cold, relatively high-CO2, nutrient-rich seawater rises to the sunlit surface of the ocean. This seasonal process has fueled geoengineering initiatives to fertilize the surface ocean with deep seawater to enhance productivity and thus promote the drawdown of C...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:39124 2023-05-15T17:36:15+02:00 Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater Iglesias-Rodriguez, Maria Debora Jones, Bethan M. Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sonia Greaves, Mervyn Huete-Ortega, Maria Lebrato, Mario 2017-07-27 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39124/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39124/1/journal.pone.0181713.pdf https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 en eng Public Library of Science https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39124/1/journal.pone.0181713.pdf Iglesias-Rodriguez, M. D., Jones, B. M., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Greaves, M., Huete-Ortega, M. and Lebrato, M. (2017) Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater. Open Access PLoS ONE, 12 (7). e0181713. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181713>. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 cc_by_4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 2023-04-07T15:34:51Z Upwelling is the process by which deep, cold, relatively high-CO2, nutrient-rich seawater rises to the sunlit surface of the ocean. This seasonal process has fueled geoengineering initiatives to fertilize the surface ocean with deep seawater to enhance productivity and thus promote the drawdown of CO2. Coccolithophores, which inhabit many upwelling regions naturally ‘fertilized’ by deep seawater, have been investigated in the laboratory in the context of ocean acidification to determine the extent to which nutrients and CO2 impact their physiology, but few data exist in the field except from mesocosms. Here, we used the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (north Atlantic Ocean) Observatory to retrieve seawater from depths with elevated CO2 and nutrients, mimicking geoengineering approaches. We tested the effects of abrupt natural deep seawater fertilization on the physiology and biogeochemistry of two strains of Emiliania huxleyi of known physiology. None of the strains tested underwent cell divisions when incubated in waters obtained from <1,000 m (pH = 7.99–8.08; CO2 = 373–485 p.p.m; 1.5–12 μM nitrate). However, growth was promoted in both strains when cells were incubated in seawater from ~1,000 m (pH = 7.9; CO2 ~560 p.p.m.; 14–17 μM nitrate) and ~4,800 m (pH = 7.9; CO2 ~600 p.p.m.; 21 μM nitrate). Emiliania huxleyi strain CCMP 88E showed no differences in growth rate or in cellular content or production rates of particulate organic (POC) and inorganic (PIC) carbon and cellular particulate organic nitrogen (PON) between treatments using water from 1,000 m and 4,800 m. However, despite the N:P ratio of seawater being comparable in water from ~1,000 and ~4,800 m, the PON production rates were three times lower in one incubation using water from ~1,000 m compared to values observed in water from ~4,800 m. Thus, the POC:PON ratios were threefold higher in cells that were incubated in ~1,000 m seawater. The heavily calcified strain NZEH exhibited lower growth rates and PIC production rates when incubated in water from ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Ocean acidification OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) PLOS ONE 12 7 e0181713 |
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Upwelling is the process by which deep, cold, relatively high-CO2, nutrient-rich seawater rises to the sunlit surface of the ocean. This seasonal process has fueled geoengineering initiatives to fertilize the surface ocean with deep seawater to enhance productivity and thus promote the drawdown of CO2. Coccolithophores, which inhabit many upwelling regions naturally ‘fertilized’ by deep seawater, have been investigated in the laboratory in the context of ocean acidification to determine the extent to which nutrients and CO2 impact their physiology, but few data exist in the field except from mesocosms. Here, we used the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (north Atlantic Ocean) Observatory to retrieve seawater from depths with elevated CO2 and nutrients, mimicking geoengineering approaches. We tested the effects of abrupt natural deep seawater fertilization on the physiology and biogeochemistry of two strains of Emiliania huxleyi of known physiology. None of the strains tested underwent cell divisions when incubated in waters obtained from <1,000 m (pH = 7.99–8.08; CO2 = 373–485 p.p.m; 1.5–12 μM nitrate). However, growth was promoted in both strains when cells were incubated in seawater from ~1,000 m (pH = 7.9; CO2 ~560 p.p.m.; 14–17 μM nitrate) and ~4,800 m (pH = 7.9; CO2 ~600 p.p.m.; 21 μM nitrate). Emiliania huxleyi strain CCMP 88E showed no differences in growth rate or in cellular content or production rates of particulate organic (POC) and inorganic (PIC) carbon and cellular particulate organic nitrogen (PON) between treatments using water from 1,000 m and 4,800 m. However, despite the N:P ratio of seawater being comparable in water from ~1,000 and ~4,800 m, the PON production rates were three times lower in one incubation using water from ~1,000 m compared to values observed in water from ~4,800 m. Thus, the POC:PON ratios were threefold higher in cells that were incubated in ~1,000 m seawater. The heavily calcified strain NZEH exhibited lower growth rates and PIC production rates when incubated in water from ... |
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Iglesias-Rodriguez, Maria Debora Jones, Bethan M. Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sonia Greaves, Mervyn Huete-Ortega, Maria Lebrato, Mario Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater |
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Iglesias-Rodriguez, Maria Debora Jones, Bethan M. Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sonia Greaves, Mervyn Huete-Ortega, Maria Lebrato, Mario |
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Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater |
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Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater |
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Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/39124/1/journal.pone.0181713.pdf Iglesias-Rodriguez, M. D., Jones, B. M., Blanco-Ameijeiras, S., Greaves, M., Huete-Ortega, M. and Lebrato, M. (2017) Physiological responses of coccolithophores to abrupt exposure of naturally low pH deep seawater. Open Access PLoS ONE, 12 (7). e0181713. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181713>. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181713 |
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