Seawater carbonate chemistry and encrusting algal communities during a mesocosm experiment, 2007
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| author | Kuffner, Ilsa B Andersson, Andreas J Jokiel, Paul L Rodgers, Ku'ulei Mackenzie, Fred T |
| author_facet | Kuffner, Ilsa B Andersson, Andreas J Jokiel, Paul L Rodgers, Ku'ulei Mackenzie, Fred T |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | Owing to anthropogenic emissions, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide could almost double between 2006 and 2100 according to business-as-usual carbon dioxide emission scenarios. Because the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will lead to increasing dissolved inorganic carbon and carbon dioxide in surface ocean waters, and hence acidification and lower carbonate saturation states. As a consequence, it has been suggested that marine calcifying organisms, for example corals, coralline algae, molluscs and foraminifera, will have difficulties producing their skeletons and shells at current rates, with potentially severe implications for marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. Here we report a seven-week experiment exploring the effects of ocean acidification on crustose coralline algae, a cosmopolitan group of calcifying algae that is ecologically important in most shallowwater habitats. Six outdoor mesocosms were continuously supplied with sea water from the adjacent reef and manipulated to simulate conditions of either ambient or elevated seawater carbon dioxide concentrations. The recruitment rate and growth of crustose coralline algae were severely inhibited in the elevated carbon dioxide mesocosms. Our findings suggest that ocean acidification due to human activities could cause significant change to benthic community structure in shallow-warm-water carbonate ecosystems. |
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| spellingShingle | Seawater carbonate chemistry and encrusting algal communities during a mesocosm experiment, 2007 Kuffner, Ilsa B Andersson, Andreas J Jokiel, Paul L Rodgers, Ku'ulei Mackenzie, Fred T Benthos; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Entire community; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis; European Project on Ocean Acidification; EXP; Experiment; Field experiment; Kuffner_etal_07/T3; Kuffner_etal_07/T4; North Pacific; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Reproduction; Rocky-shore community; Tropical Owing to anthropogenic emissions, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide could almost double between 2006 and 2100 according to business-as-usual carbon dioxide emission scenarios. Because the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will lead to increasing dissolved inorganic carbon and carbon dioxide in surface ocean waters, and hence acidification and lower carbonate saturation states. As a consequence, it has been suggested that marine calcifying organisms, for example corals, coralline algae, molluscs and foraminifera, will have difficulties producing their skeletons and shells at current rates, with potentially severe implications for marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. Here we report a seven-week experiment exploring the effects of ocean acidification on crustose coralline algae, a cosmopolitan group of calcifying algae that is ecologically important in most shallowwater habitats. Six outdoor mesocosms were continuously supplied with sea water from the adjacent reef and manipulated to simulate conditions of either ambient or elevated seawater carbon dioxide concentrations. The recruitment rate and growth of crustose coralline algae were severely inhibited in the elevated carbon dioxide mesocosms. Our findings suggest that ocean acidification due to human activities could cause significant change to benthic community structure in shallow-warm-water carbonate ecosystems. |
| title | Seawater carbonate chemistry and encrusting algal communities during a mesocosm experiment, 2007 |
| topic | Benthos; Coast and continental shelf; Community composition and diversity; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Entire community; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis; European Project on Ocean Acidification; EXP; Experiment; Field experiment; Kuffner_etal_07/T3; Kuffner_etal_07/T4; North Pacific; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Reproduction; Rocky-shore community; Tropical |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819628 |