Ocean acidification decreases the light‐use efficiency in an Antarctic diatom under dynamic but not constant light

There is increasing evidence that different light intensities strongly modulate the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on marine phytoplankton. The aim of the present study was to investigate interactive effects of OA and dynamic light, mimicking natural mixing regimes.The Antarctic diatom Chaetoce...

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Published in:New Phytologist
Main Authors: Hoppe, Clara J. M., Holtz, Lena‐Maria, Trimborn, Scarlett, Rost, Björn
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Subjects:
Research
Antarctic
Antarc*
Ocean acidification
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4950296/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25708812
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13334
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Summary:There is increasing evidence that different light intensities strongly modulate the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on marine phytoplankton. The aim of the present study was to investigate interactive effects of OA and dynamic light, mimicking natural mixing regimes.The Antarctic diatom Chaetoceros debilis was grown under two pCO 2 (390 and 1000 μatm) and light conditions (constant and dynamic), the latter yielding the same integrated irradiance over the day. To characterize interactive effects between treatments, growth, elemental composition, primary production and photophysiology were investigated.Dynamic light reduced growth and strongly altered the effects of OA on primary production, being unaffected by elevated pCO 2 under constant light, yet significantly reduced under dynamic light. Interactive effects between OA and light were also observed for Chl production and particulate organic carbon quotas.Response patterns can be explained by changes in the cellular energetic balance. While the energy transfer efficiency from photochemistry to biomass production (Φe,C) was not affected by OA under constant light, it was drastically reduced under dynamic light. Contrasting responses under different light conditions need to be considered when making predictions regarding a more stratified and acidified future ocean.

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