Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii
Seagrass ecosystems are expected to benefit from the global increase in CO2 in the ocean because the photosynthetic rate of these plants may be Ci-limited at the current CO2 level. As well, it is expected that lower external pH will facilitate the nitrate uptake of seagrasses if nitrate is cotranspo...
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 2024-09-15T18:24:30+00:00 Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii Alexandre, Ana Silva, João Buapet, Pimchanok Björk, Mats Santos, Rui 2012 text/tab-separated-values, 1766 data points https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 en eng PANGAEA Lavigne, Héloïse; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre (2011): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 2.4 [webpage]. https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Supplement to: Alexandre, Ana; Silva, João; Buapet, Pimchanok; Björk, Mats; Santos, Rui (2012): Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Ecology and Evolution, 2(10), 2625-2635, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.333 Alkalinity total Ammonium uptake rate standard error Aragonite saturation state Benthos Bicarbonate ion Calcite saturation state Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010) Carbon inorganic dissolved Carbonate ion Carbonate system computation flag Carbon dioxide Coast and continental shelf Electron transport rate standard deviation Field experiment Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) Glutamine synthetase activity Identification Irradiance Mesocosm or benthocosm Net photosynthesis rate oxygen Nitrate reductase activity Nitrate uptake rate North Atlantic OA-ICC Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) pH Plantae Primary production/Photosynthesis Salinity Seagrass Single species Species Temperate Temperature water dataset 2012 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.83135210.1002/ece3.333 2024-07-24T02:31:32Z Seagrass ecosystems are expected to benefit from the global increase in CO2 in the ocean because the photosynthetic rate of these plants may be Ci-limited at the current CO2 level. As well, it is expected that lower external pH will facilitate the nitrate uptake of seagrasses if nitrate is cotransported with H+ across the membrane as in terrestrial plants. Here, we investigate the effects of CO2 enrichment on both carbon and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii in a mesocosm experiment where plants were exposed for 5 months to two experimental CO2 concentrations (360 and 700 ppm). Both the maximum photosynthetic rate (Pm) and photosynthetic efficiency (a) were higher (1.3- and 4.1-fold, respectively) in plants exposed to CO2-enriched conditions. On the other hand, no significant effects of CO2 enrichment on leaf growth rates were observed, probably due to nitrogen limitation as revealed by the low nitrogen content of leaves. The leaf ammonium uptake rate and glutamine synthetase activity were not significantly affected by increased CO2 concentrations. On the other hand, the leaf nitrate uptake rate of plants exposed to CO2-enriched conditions was fourfold lower than the uptake of plants exposed to current CO2 level, suggesting that in the seagrass Z. noltii nitrate is not cotransported with H+ as in terrestrial plants. In contrast, the activity of nitrate reductase was threefold higher in plant leaves grown at high-CO2 concentrations. Our results suggest that the global effects of CO2 on seagrass production may be spatially heterogeneous and depend on the specific nitrogen availability of each system. Under a CO2 increase scenario, the natural levels of nutrients will probably become limiting for Z. noltii. This potential limitation becomes more relevant because the expected positive effect of CO2 increase on nitrate uptake rate was not confirmed. Dataset North Atlantic Ocean acidification PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science |
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Alkalinity total Ammonium uptake rate standard error Aragonite saturation state Benthos Bicarbonate ion Calcite saturation state Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010) Carbon inorganic dissolved Carbonate ion Carbonate system computation flag Carbon dioxide Coast and continental shelf Electron transport rate standard deviation Field experiment Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) Glutamine synthetase activity Identification Irradiance Mesocosm or benthocosm Net photosynthesis rate oxygen Nitrate reductase activity Nitrate uptake rate North Atlantic OA-ICC Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) pH Plantae Primary production/Photosynthesis Salinity Seagrass Single species Species Temperate Temperature water |
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Alkalinity total Ammonium uptake rate standard error Aragonite saturation state Benthos Bicarbonate ion Calcite saturation state Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010) Carbon inorganic dissolved Carbonate ion Carbonate system computation flag Carbon dioxide Coast and continental shelf Electron transport rate standard deviation Field experiment Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) Glutamine synthetase activity Identification Irradiance Mesocosm or benthocosm Net photosynthesis rate oxygen Nitrate reductase activity Nitrate uptake rate North Atlantic OA-ICC Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) pH Plantae Primary production/Photosynthesis Salinity Seagrass Single species Species Temperate Temperature water Alexandre, Ana Silva, João Buapet, Pimchanok Björk, Mats Santos, Rui Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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Alkalinity total Ammonium uptake rate standard error Aragonite saturation state Benthos Bicarbonate ion Calcite saturation state Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010) Carbon inorganic dissolved Carbonate ion Carbonate system computation flag Carbon dioxide Coast and continental shelf Electron transport rate standard deviation Field experiment Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) Glutamine synthetase activity Identification Irradiance Mesocosm or benthocosm Net photosynthesis rate oxygen Nitrate reductase activity Nitrate uptake rate North Atlantic OA-ICC Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air) pH Plantae Primary production/Photosynthesis Salinity Seagrass Single species Species Temperate Temperature water |
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Seagrass ecosystems are expected to benefit from the global increase in CO2 in the ocean because the photosynthetic rate of these plants may be Ci-limited at the current CO2 level. As well, it is expected that lower external pH will facilitate the nitrate uptake of seagrasses if nitrate is cotransported with H+ across the membrane as in terrestrial plants. Here, we investigate the effects of CO2 enrichment on both carbon and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii in a mesocosm experiment where plants were exposed for 5 months to two experimental CO2 concentrations (360 and 700 ppm). Both the maximum photosynthetic rate (Pm) and photosynthetic efficiency (a) were higher (1.3- and 4.1-fold, respectively) in plants exposed to CO2-enriched conditions. On the other hand, no significant effects of CO2 enrichment on leaf growth rates were observed, probably due to nitrogen limitation as revealed by the low nitrogen content of leaves. The leaf ammonium uptake rate and glutamine synthetase activity were not significantly affected by increased CO2 concentrations. On the other hand, the leaf nitrate uptake rate of plants exposed to CO2-enriched conditions was fourfold lower than the uptake of plants exposed to current CO2 level, suggesting that in the seagrass Z. noltii nitrate is not cotransported with H+ as in terrestrial plants. In contrast, the activity of nitrate reductase was threefold higher in plant leaves grown at high-CO2 concentrations. Our results suggest that the global effects of CO2 on seagrass production may be spatially heterogeneous and depend on the specific nitrogen availability of each system. Under a CO2 increase scenario, the natural levels of nutrients will probably become limiting for Z. noltii. This potential limitation becomes more relevant because the expected positive effect of CO2 increase on nitrate uptake rate was not confirmed. |
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Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii |
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effects of co2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass zostera noltii |
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North Atlantic Ocean acidification |
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Supplement to: Alexandre, Ana; Silva, João; Buapet, Pimchanok; Björk, Mats; Santos, Rui (2012): Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Ecology and Evolution, 2(10), 2625-2635, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.333 |
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Lavigne, Héloïse; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre (2011): seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 2.4 [webpage]. https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831352 |
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