Publication Date:
2024-03-15
Description:
Studies on the long-term responses of marine phytoplankton to ongoing ocean acidification (OA) are appearing rapidly in the literature. However, only a few of these have investigated diatoms, which is disproportionate to their contribution to global primary production. Here we show that a population of the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, after growing under elevated CO2 (1000 matm, HCL, pHT: 7.70) for 1860 generations, showed significant differences in photosynthesis and growth from a population maintained in ambient CO2 and then transferred to elevated CO2 for 20 generations (HC). The HCL population had lower mitochondrial respiration, than did the control population maintained in ambient CO2 (400 matm, LCL, pHT: 8.02) for 1860 generations. Although the cells had higher respiratory carbon loss within 20 generations under the elevated CO2, being consistent to previous findings, they down-regulated their respiration to sustain their growth in longer duration under the OA condition. Responses of phytoplankton to OA may depend on the timescale for which they are exposed due to fluctuations in physiological traits over time. This study provides the first evidence that populations of the model species, P. tricornutum, differ phenotypically from each other after having been grown for differing spans of time under OA conditions, suggesting that long-term changes should be measured to understand responses of primary producers to OA, especially in waters with diatom-dominated phytoplankton assemblages.
Keywords:
Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Aragonite saturation state; Bicarbonate ion; Bicarbonate ion, standard deviation; 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 per cell; Cell size; Cell size, standard deviation; Chlorophyll a, standard deviation; Chlorophyll a per cell; Chromista; Effective photochemical quantum yield; Effective photochemical quantum yield, standard deviation; Electron transport rate efficiency; Electron transport rate efficiency, standard deviation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Growth/Morphology; Growth rate; Growth rate, standard deviation; Laboratory experiment; Laboratory strains; Light saturation point; Light saturation point, standard deviation; Maximal electron transport rate, relative; Maximal electron transport rate, relative, standard deviation; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II; Maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II, standard deviation; Net photosynthesis rate, oxygen, per cell; Net photosynthesis rate, oxygen, per chlorophyll a; Net photosynthesis rate, standard deviation; 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; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Phytoplankton; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Ratio; Ratio, standard deviation; Registration number of species; Relative photoinhibition ratio; Relative photoinhibition ratio, standard deviation; Respiration; Respiration rate, oxygen, per cell; Respiration rate, oxygen, per chlorophyll a; Respiration rate, oxygen, standard deviation; Salinity; Single species; Species; Temperature, water; Time in days; Treatment; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 1247 data points
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