Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea
Carbon capture and storage is promoted as a mitigation method counteracting the increase of atmospheric CO2 levels. However, at this stage, environmental consequences of potential CO2 leakage from sub-seabed storage sites are still largely unknown. In a 3-month-long mesocosm experiment, this study a...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:8085226 2023-06-11T04:15:41+02:00 Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea Schade, Hanna Mevenkamp, Lisa Guilini, Katja Meyer, Stefanie Gorb, Stanislav N Abele, Doris Vanreusel, Alexandra Melzner, Frank 2016 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8085226 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8085226 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31447 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8085226/file/8085282 eng eng https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8085226 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8085226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep31447 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8085226/file/8085282 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ISSN: 2045-2322 Earth and Environmental Sciences MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES CO2 CONCENTRATION OXIDATIVE STRESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION CRASSOSTREA-VIRGINICA INDUCED SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION MARINE SEDIMENT SHELL FORMATION MYTILUS-EDULIS NORTH-SEA journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31447 2023-05-10T22:39:32Z Carbon capture and storage is promoted as a mitigation method counteracting the increase of atmospheric CO2 levels. However, at this stage, environmental consequences of potential CO2 leakage from sub-seabed storage sites are still largely unknown. In a 3-month-long mesocosm experiment, this study assessed the impact of elevated pCO(2) levels (1,500 to 24,400 mu atm) on Cerastoderma edule dominated benthic communities from the Baltic Sea. Mortality of C. edule was significantly increased in the highest treatment (24,400 mu atm) and exceeded 50%. Furthermore, mortality of small size classes (0-1 cm) was significantly increased in treatment levels >= 6,600 mu atm. First signs of external shell dissolution became visible at >= 1,500 mu atm, holes were observed at > 6,600 mu atm. C. edule body condition decreased significantly at all treatment levels (1,500-24,400 mu atm). Dominant meiofauna taxa remained unaffected in abundance. Densities of calcifying meiofauna taxa (i.e. Gastropoda and Ostracoda) decreased in high CO2 treatments (> 6,600 mu atm), while the non - calcifying Gastrotricha significantly increased in abundance at 24,400 mu atm. In addition, microbial community composition was altered at the highest pCO(2) level. We conclude that strong CO2 leakage can alter benthic infauna community composition at multiple trophic levels, likely due to high mortality of the dominant macrofauna species C. edule. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Ghent University Academic Bibliography Scientific Reports 6 1 |
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Earth and Environmental Sciences MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES CO2 CONCENTRATION OXIDATIVE STRESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION CRASSOSTREA-VIRGINICA INDUCED SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION MARINE SEDIMENT SHELL FORMATION MYTILUS-EDULIS NORTH-SEA Schade, Hanna Mevenkamp, Lisa Guilini, Katja Meyer, Stefanie Gorb, Stanislav N Abele, Doris Vanreusel, Alexandra Melzner, Frank Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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Carbon capture and storage is promoted as a mitigation method counteracting the increase of atmospheric CO2 levels. However, at this stage, environmental consequences of potential CO2 leakage from sub-seabed storage sites are still largely unknown. In a 3-month-long mesocosm experiment, this study assessed the impact of elevated pCO(2) levels (1,500 to 24,400 mu atm) on Cerastoderma edule dominated benthic communities from the Baltic Sea. Mortality of C. edule was significantly increased in the highest treatment (24,400 mu atm) and exceeded 50%. Furthermore, mortality of small size classes (0-1 cm) was significantly increased in treatment levels >= 6,600 mu atm. First signs of external shell dissolution became visible at >= 1,500 mu atm, holes were observed at > 6,600 mu atm. C. edule body condition decreased significantly at all treatment levels (1,500-24,400 mu atm). Dominant meiofauna taxa remained unaffected in abundance. Densities of calcifying meiofauna taxa (i.e. Gastropoda and Ostracoda) decreased in high CO2 treatments (> 6,600 mu atm), while the non - calcifying Gastrotricha significantly increased in abundance at 24,400 mu atm. In addition, microbial community composition was altered at the highest pCO(2) level. We conclude that strong CO2 leakage can alter benthic infauna community composition at multiple trophic levels, likely due to high mortality of the dominant macrofauna species C. edule. |
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Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea |
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simulated leakage of high pco2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the western baltic sea |
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