Mesocosm experiment on warming and acidification effects in 2012: Microzooplankton data

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Autori principali: Horn, Henriette G, Boersma, Maarten, Garzke, Jessica, Löder, Martin G J, Sommer, Ulrich, Aberle, Nicole
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Pubblicazione: PANGAEA 2016
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author Horn, Henriette G
Boersma, Maarten
Garzke, Jessica
Löder, Martin G J
Sommer, Ulrich
Aberle, Nicole
author_facet Horn, Henriette G
Boersma, Maarten
Garzke, Jessica
Löder, Martin G J
Sommer, Ulrich
Aberle, Nicole
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Global warming and ocean acidification are among the most important stressors for aquatic ecosystems in the future. To investigate their direct and indirect effects on a near-natural plankton community, a multiple-stressor approach is needed. Hence, we set up mesocosms in a full-factorial design to study the effects of both warming and high CO2 on a Baltic Sea autumn plankton community, concentrating on the impacts on microzooplankton (MZP). MZP abundance, biomass, and species composition were analysed over the course of the experiment. We observed that warming led to a reduced time-lag between the phytoplankton bloom and an MZP biomass maximum. MZP showed a significantly higher growth rate and an earlier biomass peak in the warm treatments while the biomass maximum was not affected. Increased pCO2 did not result in any significant effects on MZP biomass, growth rate, or species composition irrespective of the temperature, nor did we observe any significant interactions between CO2 and temperature. We attribute this to the high tolerance of this estuarine plankton community to fluctuations in pCO2, often resulting in CO2 concentrations higher than the predicted end-of-century concentration for open oceans. In contrast, warming can be expected to directly affect MZP and strengthen its coupling with phytoplankton by enhancing its grazing pressure.
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spellingShingle Mesocosm experiment on warming and acidification effects in 2012: Microzooplankton data
Horn, Henriette G
Boersma, Maarten
Garzke, Jessica
Löder, Martin G J
Sommer, Ulrich
Aberle, Nicole
BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification
Global warming and ocean acidification are among the most important stressors for aquatic ecosystems in the future. To investigate their direct and indirect effects on a near-natural plankton community, a multiple-stressor approach is needed. Hence, we set up mesocosms in a full-factorial design to study the effects of both warming and high CO2 on a Baltic Sea autumn plankton community, concentrating on the impacts on microzooplankton (MZP). MZP abundance, biomass, and species composition were analysed over the course of the experiment. We observed that warming led to a reduced time-lag between the phytoplankton bloom and an MZP biomass maximum. MZP showed a significantly higher growth rate and an earlier biomass peak in the warm treatments while the biomass maximum was not affected. Increased pCO2 did not result in any significant effects on MZP biomass, growth rate, or species composition irrespective of the temperature, nor did we observe any significant interactions between CO2 and temperature. We attribute this to the high tolerance of this estuarine plankton community to fluctuations in pCO2, often resulting in CO2 concentrations higher than the predicted end-of-century concentration for open oceans. In contrast, warming can be expected to directly affect MZP and strengthen its coupling with phytoplankton by enhancing its grazing pressure.
title Mesocosm experiment on warming and acidification effects in 2012: Microzooplankton data
topic BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864951