Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations
Every year, the oceans absorb about 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) leading to a re-equilibration of the marine carbonate system and decreasing seawater pH. Today, there is increasing awareness that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-could differentially affect t...
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CARBON-DIOXIDE TECHNICAL NOTE GULLMAR-FJORD MARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON ION CONCENTRATION FLOW-CYTOMETRY SEAWATER WATER CO2 PH 1172 Environmental sciences Bach, Lennart T. Taucher, Jan Boxhammer, Tim Ludwig, Andrea Achterberg, Eric P. Alguero-Muniz, Maria Anderson, Leif G. Bellworthy, Jessica Buedenbender, Jan Czerny, Jan Ericson, Ylva Esposito, Mario Fischer, Matthias Haunost, Mathias Hellemann, Dana Horn, Henriette G. Hornick, Thomas Meyer, Jana Sswat, Michael Zark, Maren Riebesell, Ulf Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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Every year, the oceans absorb about 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) leading to a re-equilibration of the marine carbonate system and decreasing seawater pH. Today, there is increasing awareness that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-could differentially affect the competitive ability of marine organisms, thereby provoking a restructuring of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical element cycles. In winter 2013, we deployed ten pelagic mesocosms in the Gullmar Fjord at the Swedish west coast in order to study the effect of OA on plankton ecology and biogeochemistry under close to natural conditions. Five of the ten mesocosms were left unperturbed and served as controls (similar to 380 mu atm pCO(2)), whereas the others were enriched with CO2-saturated water to simulate realistic end-of-the-century carbonate chemistry conditions (mu 760 mu atm pCO(2)). We ran the experiment for 113 days which allowed us to study the influence of high CO2 on an entire winter-to-summer plankton succession and to investigate the potential of some plankton organisms for evolutionary adaptation to OA in their natural environment. This paper is the first in a PLOS collection and provides a detailed overview on the experimental design, important events, and the key complexities of such a "long-term mesocosm" approach. Furthermore, we analyzed whether simulated end-of-the-century carbonate chemistry conditions could lead to a significant restructuring of the plankton community in the course of the succession. At the level of detail analyzed in this overview paper we found that CO2-induced differences in plankton community composition were non-detectable during most of the succession except for a period where a phytoplankton bloom was fueled by remineralized nutrients. These results indicate: (1) Long-term studies with pelagic ecosystems are necessary to uncover OA-sensitive stages of succession. (2) Plankton communities fueled by regenerated nutrients may be more responsive to changing carbonate ... |
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Bach, Lennart T. Taucher, Jan Boxhammer, Tim Ludwig, Andrea Achterberg, Eric P. Alguero-Muniz, Maria Anderson, Leif G. Bellworthy, Jessica Buedenbender, Jan Czerny, Jan Ericson, Ylva Esposito, Mario Fischer, Matthias Haunost, Mathias Hellemann, Dana Horn, Henriette G. Hornick, Thomas Meyer, Jana Sswat, Michael Zark, Maren Riebesell, Ulf Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium |
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Bach, Lennart T. Taucher, Jan Boxhammer, Tim Ludwig, Andrea Achterberg, Eric P. Alguero-Muniz, Maria Anderson, Leif G. Bellworthy, Jessica Buedenbender, Jan Czerny, Jan Ericson, Ylva Esposito, Mario Fischer, Matthias Haunost, Mathias Hellemann, Dana Horn, Henriette G. Hornick, Thomas Meyer, Jana Sswat, Michael Zark, Maren Riebesell, Ulf Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium |
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Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations |
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influence of ocean acidification on a natural winter-to-summer plankton succession : first insights from a long-term mesocosm study draw attention to periods of low nutrient concentrations |
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10.1371/journal.pone.0159068 Support was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education (BMBF) in the framework of the BIOACID II project (FKZ 03F06550). U. Riebesell received funding from the Leibniz Award 2012 by the German Science Foundation (DFG). The carbonate chemistry measurements were supported by a grant from the Hasselblad Foundation. M. Zark and T. Hornick were supported by the association of European marine biological laboratories (ASSEMBLE, grant no. 227799). E. P. Achterberg received funding from the UK Ocean Acidification research programme (grant no. NE/H017348/1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Bach , L T , Taucher , J , Boxhammer , T , Ludwig , A , Achterberg , E P , Alguero-Muniz , M , Anderson , L G , Bellworthy , J , Buedenbender , J , Czerny , J , Ericson , Y , Esposito , M , Fischer , M , Haunost , M , Hellemann , D , Horn , H G , Hornick , T , Meyer , J , Sswat , M , Zark , M , Riebesell , U & Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium 2016 , ' Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations ' , PLoS One , vol. 11 , no. 8 , 0159068 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159068 84985903340 fc58e1e1-2152-461d-971c-8a528c605ec5 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167321 000381471100003 |
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/167321 2024-01-07T09:45:43+01:00 Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations Bach, Lennart T. Taucher, Jan Boxhammer, Tim Ludwig, Andrea Achterberg, Eric P. Alguero-Muniz, Maria Anderson, Leif G. Bellworthy, Jessica Buedenbender, Jan Czerny, Jan Ericson, Ylva Esposito, Mario Fischer, Matthias Haunost, Mathias Hellemann, Dana Horn, Henriette G. Hornick, Thomas Meyer, Jana Sswat, Michael Zark, Maren Riebesell, Ulf Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium Environmental Sciences Aquatic Biogeochemistry Research Unit (ABRU) Marine Ecosystems Research Group 2016-09-30T12:40:02Z 33 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167321 eng eng PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE 10.1371/journal.pone.0159068 Support was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education (BMBF) in the framework of the BIOACID II project (FKZ 03F06550). U. Riebesell received funding from the Leibniz Award 2012 by the German Science Foundation (DFG). The carbonate chemistry measurements were supported by a grant from the Hasselblad Foundation. M. Zark and T. Hornick were supported by the association of European marine biological laboratories (ASSEMBLE, grant no. 227799). E. P. Achterberg received funding from the UK Ocean Acidification research programme (grant no. NE/H017348/1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Bach , L T , Taucher , J , Boxhammer , T , Ludwig , A , Achterberg , E P , Alguero-Muniz , M , Anderson , L G , Bellworthy , J , Buedenbender , J , Czerny , J , Ericson , Y , Esposito , M , Fischer , M , Haunost , M , Hellemann , D , Horn , H G , Hornick , T , Meyer , J , Sswat , M , Zark , M , Riebesell , U & Kristineberg KOSMOS Consortium 2016 , ' Influence of Ocean Acidification on a Natural Winter-to-Summer Plankton Succession : First Insights from a Long-Term Mesocosm Study Draw Attention to Periods of Low Nutrient Concentrations ' , PLoS One , vol. 11 , no. 8 , 0159068 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159068 84985903340 fc58e1e1-2152-461d-971c-8a528c605ec5 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167321 000381471100003 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CARBON-DIOXIDE TECHNICAL NOTE GULLMAR-FJORD MARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON ION CONCENTRATION FLOW-CYTOMETRY SEAWATER WATER CO2 PH 1172 Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2016 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:03:45Z Every year, the oceans absorb about 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) leading to a re-equilibration of the marine carbonate system and decreasing seawater pH. Today, there is increasing awareness that these changes-summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-could differentially affect the competitive ability of marine organisms, thereby provoking a restructuring of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical element cycles. In winter 2013, we deployed ten pelagic mesocosms in the Gullmar Fjord at the Swedish west coast in order to study the effect of OA on plankton ecology and biogeochemistry under close to natural conditions. Five of the ten mesocosms were left unperturbed and served as controls (similar to 380 mu atm pCO(2)), whereas the others were enriched with CO2-saturated water to simulate realistic end-of-the-century carbonate chemistry conditions (mu 760 mu atm pCO(2)). We ran the experiment for 113 days which allowed us to study the influence of high CO2 on an entire winter-to-summer plankton succession and to investigate the potential of some plankton organisms for evolutionary adaptation to OA in their natural environment. This paper is the first in a PLOS collection and provides a detailed overview on the experimental design, important events, and the key complexities of such a "long-term mesocosm" approach. Furthermore, we analyzed whether simulated end-of-the-century carbonate chemistry conditions could lead to a significant restructuring of the plankton community in the course of the succession. At the level of detail analyzed in this overview paper we found that CO2-induced differences in plankton community composition were non-detectable during most of the succession except for a period where a phytoplankton bloom was fueled by remineralized nutrients. These results indicate: (1) Long-term studies with pelagic ecosystems are necessary to uncover OA-sensitive stages of succession. (2) Plankton communities fueled by regenerated nutrients may be more responsive to changing carbonate ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository PLOS ONE 11 8 e0159068 |