Publication Date:
2024-03-15
Description:
Ocean acidification and warming are affecting polar regions with particular intensity. Rocky shores of the Antarctic Peninsula are dominated by canopy-forming Desmarestiales. This study investigates the physiological and transcriptomic responses of the endemic macroalga Desmarestia anceps to a combination of different levels of temperature (2 and 7 °C), dissolved CO2 (380 and 1000 ppm), and irradiance (65 and 145 µmol photons/m**2/s). Growth and photosynthesis increased at high CO2 conditions, and strongly decreased at 2 °C plus high irradiance, in comparison to the other treatments. Photoinhibition at 2 °C plus high irradiance was evidenced by the photochemical performance and intensive release of dissolved organic carbon. The highest number of differentially regulated transcripts was observed in thalli exposed to 2 °C plus high irradiance. Algal 13C isotopic discrimination values suggested an absence of down-regulation of carbon-concentrating mechanisms at high CO2. CO2 enrichment induced few transcriptomic changes. There was high and constitutive gene expression of many photochemical and inorganic carbon utilization components, which might be related to the strong adaptation of D. anceps to the Antarctic environment. These results suggest that increased temperature and CO2 will allow D. anceps to maintain its productivity while tolerating higher irradiances than at present conditions.
Keywords:
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Benthos; Bicarbonate, standard deviation; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (〈20 L); Calcite saturation state; Calculated using CO2calc; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbon, inorganic, dissolved, standard deviation; Carbon, total; Carbon, total, standard deviation; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio, standard deviation; Carbonate ion; Carbonate ion, standard deviation; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Carotenoids; Carotenoids, standard deviation; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Chlorophyll c1+c2; Chlorophyll c1+c2, standard deviation; Chromista; Desmarestia anceps; Dissolved organic carbon release rate; Dissolved organic carbon release rate, standard deviation; Experiment duration; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Gross photosynthesis rate, oxygen; Gross photosynthesis rate, standard deviation; Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Growth rate, standard deviation; Inhibition of net photosynthesis; Inhibition of net photosynthesis, standard deviation; Irradiance; Irradiance, standard deviation; Laboratory experiment; Laboratory strains; Light; Light saturation, standard deviation; Macroalgae; Maximal electron transport rate; Maximal electron transport rate, standard deviation; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II, standard deviation; Net photosynthesis rate, oxygen; Net photosynthesis rate, standard deviation; Nitrogen, total; Nitrogen, total, standard deviation; Not applicable; OA-ICC; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Ochrophyta; Other metabolic rates; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, standard deviation; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Percentage; Percentage, standard deviation; pH; pH, standard deviation; Photosynthetic efficiency; Photosynthetic efficiency, standard deviation; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Ratio; Ratio, standard deviation; Registration number of species; Respiration; Respiration rate, oxygen; Respiration rate, oxygen, standard deviation; Salinity; Salinity, standard deviation; Saturation light intensity; Single species; Species; Temperature; Temperature, water; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; δ13C; δ13C, standard deviation
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 624 data points
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