Publication Date:
2024-04-27
Description:
Effects of CO2 concentration on elemental composition of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi were studied in phosphorus-limited, continuous cultures that were acclimated to experimental conditions for 30 d prior to the first sampling. We determined phytoplankton and bacterial cell numbers, nutrients, particulate components like organic carbon (POC), inorganic carbon (PIC), nitrogen (PN), organic phosphorus (POP), transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), as well as dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON), in addition to carbonate system parameters at CO2 levels of 180, 380 and 750 µatm. No significant difference between treatments was observed for any of the measured variables during repeated sampling over a 14 d period. We considered several factors that might lead to these results, i.e. light, nutrients, carbon overconsumption and transient versus steady-state growth. We suggest that the absence of a clear CO2 effect during this study does not necessarily imply the absence of an effect in nature. Instead, the sensitivity of the cell towards environmental stressors such as CO2 may vary depending on whether growth conditions are transient or sufficiently stable to allow for optimal allocation of energy and resources. We tested this idea on previously published data sets where PIC and POC divided by the corresponding cell abundance of E. huxleyi at various pCO2 levels and growth rates were available.
Keywords:
Abundance per volume; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Bicarbonate ion; BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (〈20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calcite saturation state, standard deviation; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, particulate, per cell; Carbon, organic, dissolved, per cell; Carbon, organic, dissolved/Nitrogen, organic, dissolved ratio; Carbon, organic, particulate, per cell; Carbon, organic, particulate, standard deviation; Carbon, organic, particulate/Nitrogen, particulate ratio; Carbon, organic, particulate/Nitrogen, particulate ratio, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide, partial pressure; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Chlorophyll a per cell; Chromista; Day of experiment; Emiliania huxleyi; Emiliania huxleyi, standard deviation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Haptophyta; Laboratory experiment; Laboratory strains; Nitrogen, organic, dissolved, per cell; Nitrogen, particulate, per cell; Nitrogen, total, particulate/Phosphorus, organic, particulate, ratio; Nitrogen, total, particulate/Phosphorus, organic, particulate, ratio, standard deviation; Not applicable; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Particulate inorganic carbon/particulate organic carbon ratio; Particulate inorganic carbon/particulate organic carbon ratio, standard deviation; Pelagos; pH; pH, standard deviation; Phosphorus, organic, particulate, per cell; Phytoplankton; Salinity; Single species; Species; Standard deviation; Temperature, water
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 3723 data points
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