Publication Date:
2024-03-15
Description:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ocean acidification and nutrient level on the growth and photosynthetic performance of the diatom Thalassiosira (Conticribra) weissflogii. Cells were exposed to varying levels of CO2 [current CO2 (LC), 400 μatm; high CO2 (HC), 1000 μatm] and nutrients, with NO3− and PO43− concentrations enriched, respectively, at 50 μmol/l and 5 μmol/l [high nutrient (HN)], 20 μmol/l and 2 μmol/l [mid-level nutrient (MN)] and 10 μmol/l and 1 μmol/l [low nutrient (LN)]. After acclimatization for over 20 generations, no significant differences in growth rates were observed between LC and HC cultures under both HN and LN conditions; whereas, HC significantly reduced the growth rate under MN conditions. Lower nutrient loading significantly inhibited the growth rates of both LC and HC cultures; whereas, HC (but not LC) significantly decreased chlorophyll a and carotenoid contents in LN treatments. HC conditions significantly increased maximum relative electron transport rates (rETRmax) and saturating light intensity (Ik) of HN cultures, with rETRmax showing a positive relationship with growth rates stimulated by nutrient enrichments. The maximum (Fv/Fm) and effective quantum yield (Yield) were all inhibited under LN conditions, with the greatest reduction in Yield observed under LC conditions, corresponding to the highest nonphotochemical quenching, lowest light use efficiency (α) and lowest rETRmax. Based on these results, ocean acidification and nutrient availability may influence photosynthetic performance in T. weissflogii individually or interactively, with the future growth of marine diatoms mediated by these codependent environmental drivers.
Keywords:
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (〈20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2SYS; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Carotenoids, standard deviation; Carotenoids/Chlorophyll a ratio; Carotenoids/Chlorophyll a ratio, standard deviation; Carotenoids per cell; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Chlorophyll a per cell; Chromista; Effective quantum yield; Effective quantum yield, standard deviation; Electron transport rate, relative; Electron transport rate, relative, standard deviation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Growth rate, standard deviation; Irradiance; Laboratory experiment; Laboratory strains; Light saturation point; Light saturation point, standard deviation; Macro-nutrients; Maximal electron transport rate, relative; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II, standard deviation; Nitrate; Non photochemical quenching; Non photochemical quenching, standard deviation; Not applicable; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Ochrophyta; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Pelagos; pH; pH, standard deviation; Phosphate; Photosynthetic efficiency; Photosynthetic efficiency, standard deviation; Phytoplankton; Potentiometric; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Registration number of species; Salinity; Silicate; Single species; Species; Temperature, water; Thalassiosira weissflogii; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 2910 data points
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