pCO2 effects on species composition and growth of an estuarine phytoplankton community
The effects of ongoing changes in ocean carbonate chemistry on plankton ecology have important implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling. However, conflicting results have emerged regarding species-specific responses to pCO2 enrichment and thus community responses have been difficult to...
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ftunivrhodeislan:oai:digitalcommons.uri.edu:gsofacpubs-2844 2024-01-21T10:09:19+01:00 pCO2 effects on species composition and growth of an estuarine phytoplankton community Grear, Jason S. Rynearson, Tatiana A. Montalbano, Amanda L. Govenar, Breea Menden-Deuer, Susanne 2017-05-05T07:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1875 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.016 unknown DigitalCommons@URI https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1875 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.016 Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications Carbon dioxide Carbonate chemistry Cell size Chemostat Community Composition Ecostat Incubation Mesocosm Ocean acidification pH Phytoplankton Plankton text 2017 ftunivrhodeislan https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.016 2023-12-25T19:10:09Z The effects of ongoing changes in ocean carbonate chemistry on plankton ecology have important implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling. However, conflicting results have emerged regarding species-specific responses to pCO2 enrichment and thus community responses have been difficult to predict. To assess community level effects (e.g., production) of altered carbonate chemistry, studies are needed that capitalize on the benefits of controlled experiments but also retain features of intact ecosystems that may exacerbate or ameliorate the effects observed in single-species or single cohort experiments. We performed incubations of natural plankton communities from Narragansett Bay, RI, USA in winter at ambient bay temperatures (5–13 °C), light and nutrient concentrations. Three levels of controlled and constant CO2 concentrations were imposed, simulating past, present and future conditions at mean pCO2 levels of 224, 361, and 724 μatm respectively. Samples for carbonate analysis, chlorophyll a, plankton size-abundance, and plankton species composition were collected daily and phytoplankton growth rates in three different size fractions (<5, 5–20, and >20 μm) were measured at the end of the 7-day incubation period. Community composition changed during the incubation period with major increases in relative diatom abundance, which were similar across pCO2 treatments. At the end of the experiment, 24-hr growth responses to pCO2 levels varied as a function of cell size. The smallest size fraction (<5 μm) grew faster at the elevated pCO2 level. In contrast, the 5–20 μm size fraction grew fastest in the Present treatment and there were no significant differences in growth rate among treatments in the >20 μm size fraction. Cell size distribution shifted toward smaller cells in both the Past and Future treatments but remained unchanged in the Present treatment. Similarity in Past and Future treatments for cell size distribution and growth rate (5–20 μm size fraction) illustrate non-monotonic effects ... Text Ocean acidification University of Rhode Island: DigitalCommons@URI Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 190 40 49 |
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Carbon dioxide Carbonate chemistry Cell size Chemostat Community Composition Ecostat Incubation Mesocosm Ocean acidification pH Phytoplankton Plankton Grear, Jason S. Rynearson, Tatiana A. Montalbano, Amanda L. Govenar, Breea Menden-Deuer, Susanne pCO2 effects on species composition and growth of an estuarine phytoplankton community |
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The effects of ongoing changes in ocean carbonate chemistry on plankton ecology have important implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling. However, conflicting results have emerged regarding species-specific responses to pCO2 enrichment and thus community responses have been difficult to predict. To assess community level effects (e.g., production) of altered carbonate chemistry, studies are needed that capitalize on the benefits of controlled experiments but also retain features of intact ecosystems that may exacerbate or ameliorate the effects observed in single-species or single cohort experiments. We performed incubations of natural plankton communities from Narragansett Bay, RI, USA in winter at ambient bay temperatures (5–13 °C), light and nutrient concentrations. Three levels of controlled and constant CO2 concentrations were imposed, simulating past, present and future conditions at mean pCO2 levels of 224, 361, and 724 μatm respectively. Samples for carbonate analysis, chlorophyll a, plankton size-abundance, and plankton species composition were collected daily and phytoplankton growth rates in three different size fractions (<5, 5–20, and >20 μm) were measured at the end of the 7-day incubation period. Community composition changed during the incubation period with major increases in relative diatom abundance, which were similar across pCO2 treatments. At the end of the experiment, 24-hr growth responses to pCO2 levels varied as a function of cell size. The smallest size fraction (<5 μm) grew faster at the elevated pCO2 level. In contrast, the 5–20 μm size fraction grew fastest in the Present treatment and there were no significant differences in growth rate among treatments in the >20 μm size fraction. Cell size distribution shifted toward smaller cells in both the Past and Future treatments but remained unchanged in the Present treatment. Similarity in Past and Future treatments for cell size distribution and growth rate (5–20 μm size fraction) illustrate non-monotonic effects ... |
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pCO2 effects on species composition and growth of an estuarine phytoplankton community |
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