Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification
Ocean acidification has been shown to have highly variable effects, with many negative and some positive responses from individual species, while community level effects are largely unknown. Although an overall loss of biodiversity is expected, predicting the effects of ocean acidification on whole...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/2d8c3f81-6924-4225-95dd-5f13c3d389dc 2023-05-15T17:49:23+02:00 Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification Garrard, Samantha Gambi, M. Cristina Scipione, M. Beatrice Lorenti, Maurizio Zupo, Valeria Paterson, David Maxwell Buia, M. Cristina 2014 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/indirect-effects-may-buffer-negative-responses-of-seagrass-invertebrate-communities-to-ocean-acidification(2d8c3f81-6924-4225-95dd-5f13c3d389dc).html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.011 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jembe eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Garrard , S , Gambi , M C , Scipione , M B , Lorenti , M , Zupo , V , Paterson , D M & Buia , M C 2014 , ' Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification ' , Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology , vol. 461 , pp. 31-38 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.011 OCEAN ACIDIFICATION Natural CO2 vents Posidonia-oceanica Seagrass ecosystems indirect effects Species interactions article 2014 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.011 2021-12-26T14:24:57Z Ocean acidification has been shown to have highly variable effects, with many negative and some positive responses from individual species, while community level effects are largely unknown. Although an overall loss of biodiversity is expected, predicting the effects of ocean acidification on whole assemblages can be problematic as both direct and indirect effects of acidification must be taken into consideration. This study demonstrates how invertebrate assemblages associated with the highly productive seagrass, Posidonia oceanica, respond to natural acidification that occurs at CO2 vents off the coast of Italy. We examined seasonal differences in invertebrate community structure between two distinct pH zones: control (pH 8.1) and acidified (pH 7.8) and show that many groups of invertebrate taxa were robust to acidification effects. Differences in community struc- ture appeared to be driven by the indirect effects of acidification, such as changes to canopy structure and food availability, rather than physiological intolerance to low pH. The number of invertebrates collected in acidified stations was almost double that of control stations during the study and many heavily calcified species appeared to thrive. These results highlight how positive indirect effects may buffer the ecological impacts of acidification, and provide evidence that this highly productive, nearshore habitat may provide refuge to its associated commu- nities from future ocean acidification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification University of St Andrews: Research Portal Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461 31 38 |
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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION Natural CO2 vents Posidonia-oceanica Seagrass ecosystems indirect effects Species interactions Garrard, Samantha Gambi, M. Cristina Scipione, M. Beatrice Lorenti, Maurizio Zupo, Valeria Paterson, David Maxwell Buia, M. Cristina Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Ocean acidification has been shown to have highly variable effects, with many negative and some positive responses from individual species, while community level effects are largely unknown. Although an overall loss of biodiversity is expected, predicting the effects of ocean acidification on whole assemblages can be problematic as both direct and indirect effects of acidification must be taken into consideration. This study demonstrates how invertebrate assemblages associated with the highly productive seagrass, Posidonia oceanica, respond to natural acidification that occurs at CO2 vents off the coast of Italy. We examined seasonal differences in invertebrate community structure between two distinct pH zones: control (pH 8.1) and acidified (pH 7.8) and show that many groups of invertebrate taxa were robust to acidification effects. Differences in community struc- ture appeared to be driven by the indirect effects of acidification, such as changes to canopy structure and food availability, rather than physiological intolerance to low pH. The number of invertebrates collected in acidified stations was almost double that of control stations during the study and many heavily calcified species appeared to thrive. These results highlight how positive indirect effects may buffer the ecological impacts of acidification, and provide evidence that this highly productive, nearshore habitat may provide refuge to its associated commu- nities from future ocean acidification. |
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Garrard, Samantha Gambi, M. Cristina Scipione, M. Beatrice Lorenti, Maurizio Zupo, Valeria Paterson, David Maxwell Buia, M. Cristina |
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Garrard, Samantha Gambi, M. Cristina Scipione, M. Beatrice Lorenti, Maurizio Zupo, Valeria Paterson, David Maxwell Buia, M. Cristina |
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Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification |
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Garrard , S , Gambi , M C , Scipione , M B , Lorenti , M , Zupo , V , Paterson , D M & Buia , M C 2014 , ' Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification ' , Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology , vol. 461 , pp. 31-38 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.011 |
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