KOSMOS Finland 2012 mesocosm study: Relative fatty acid composition and biomass of a natural plankton community in the Baltic Sea

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Hauptverfasser: Bermúdez Monsalve, Rafael, Winder, Monika, Stuhr, Annegret, Almén, Anna-Karin, Engström-Öst, Jonna, Riebesell, Ulf
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author Bermúdez Monsalve, Rafael
Winder, Monika
Stuhr, Annegret
Almén, Anna-Karin
Engström-Öst, Jonna
Riebesell, Ulf
author_facet Bermúdez Monsalve, Rafael
Winder, Monika
Stuhr, Annegret
Almén, Anna-Karin
Engström-Öst, Jonna
Riebesell, Ulf
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is changing seawater chemistry towards reduced pH, which consequently affects various properties of marine organisms. Coastal and brackish water communities are expected to be less affected by ocean acidification (OA) as these communities are typically adapted to high fluctuations in CO2 and pH. Here we investigate the response of a coastal brackish water plankton community to increasing CO2 levels as projected for the coming decades and the end of this century in terms of community and biochemical fatty acid (FA) composition. A Baltic Sea plankton community was enclosed in a set of off-shore mesocosms and subjected to a CO2 gradient ranging from natural concentrations (~347 µatm fCO2) up to values projected for the year 2100 (~1333 µatm fCO2). We show that the phytoplankton community composition was resilient to CO2 and did not diverge between the treatments. Seston FA composition was influenced by community composition, which in turn was driven by silicate and phosphate limitation in the mesocosms, and showed no difference between the CO2 treatments. These results suggest that CO2 effects are dampened in coastal communities that already experience high natural fluctuations in pCO2. Although this coastal plankton community was tolerant to high pCO2 levels, hypoxia and CO2 uptake by the sea can aggravate acidification and may lead to pH changes outside the currently experienced range for coastal organisms.
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spellingShingle KOSMOS Finland 2012 mesocosm study: Relative fatty acid composition and biomass of a natural plankton community in the Baltic Sea
Bermúdez Monsalve, Rafael
Winder, Monika
Stuhr, Annegret
Almén, Anna-Karin
Engström-Öst, Jonna
Riebesell, Ulf
BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; KOSMOS_2012_Tvaerminne; MESO; Mesocosm experiment
Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is changing seawater chemistry towards reduced pH, which consequently affects various properties of marine organisms. Coastal and brackish water communities are expected to be less affected by ocean acidification (OA) as these communities are typically adapted to high fluctuations in CO2 and pH. Here we investigate the response of a coastal brackish water plankton community to increasing CO2 levels as projected for the coming decades and the end of this century in terms of community and biochemical fatty acid (FA) composition. A Baltic Sea plankton community was enclosed in a set of off-shore mesocosms and subjected to a CO2 gradient ranging from natural concentrations (~347 µatm fCO2) up to values projected for the year 2100 (~1333 µatm fCO2). We show that the phytoplankton community composition was resilient to CO2 and did not diverge between the treatments. Seston FA composition was influenced by community composition, which in turn was driven by silicate and phosphate limitation in the mesocosms, and showed no difference between the CO2 treatments. These results suggest that CO2 effects are dampened in coastal communities that already experience high natural fluctuations in pCO2. Although this coastal plankton community was tolerant to high pCO2 levels, hypoxia and CO2 uptake by the sea can aggravate acidification and may lead to pH changes outside the currently experienced range for coastal organisms.
title KOSMOS Finland 2012 mesocosm study: Relative fatty acid composition and biomass of a natural plankton community in the Baltic Sea
topic BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; KOSMOS_2012_Tvaerminne; MESO; Mesocosm experiment
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.872449