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Listiawati V, Kurihara H. Brown seaweed Nemacystus decipiens intensifies the effects of ocean acidification on coral Montipora digitata. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 191:106150. [PMID: 37611375 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
Photosynthetic marine macrophytes such as seaweeds have been proposed to provide habitat refugia for marine calcifiers against ocean acidification (OA) by increasing the local pH. However, the effectiveness of seaweed as a potential habitat refugia for marine calcifiers such as corals remains to be investigated. This study focused on the seaweed Nemacystus decipiens, which are widely farmed in the shallow reef lagoon of Okinawa coral reefs, Japan, and aimed to evaluate their response to high pCO2 and whether they can mitigate the effect of high pCO2 on the coral Montipora digitata. Corals were cultured with and without seaweed under control (300-400 μatm) or high pCO2 conditions (OA, 900-1000 μatm) for 2 weeks. Results showed that all photo-physiological parameters examined in the seaweed N. decipiens were not affected by high pCO2, suggesting that OA will not positively affect their productivity. The calcification rate of the coral M. digitata was found to decrease under OA and the effect was further exaggerated by the presence of seaweed. The present study suggests that farming seaweeds will not act as a potential habitat refugia for adjacent corals under future OA, but instead can exaggerate the negative effect of OA on coral calcification.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vina Listiawati
- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan; Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Pabelan, Kartasura, Surakarta, 57162, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan.
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Manullang C, Singh T, Sakai K, Miyagi A, Iwasaki A, Nojiri Y, Iguchi A. Separate and combined effects of elevated pCO 2 and temperature on the branching reef corals Acropora digitifera and Montipora digitata. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 188:106030. [PMID: 37267662 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Ocean acidification (OA) and warming (OW) are major global threats to coral reef ecosystems; however, studies on their combined effects (OA + OW) are scarce. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of OA, OW, and OA + OW in the branching reef corals Acropora digitifera and Montipora digitata, which have been found to respond differently to environmental changes. Our results indicate that OW has a greater impact on A. digitifera and M. digitata than OA and that the former species is more vulnerable to OW than the latter. OW was the main stressor for increased mortality and decreased calcification in the OA + OW group, and the effect of OA + OW was additive in both species. Our findings suggest that the relative abundance and cover of M. digitata are expected to increase whereas those of A. digitifera may decrease in the near future in Okinawa.
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- Cristiana Manullang
- Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan
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- Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan
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- Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan.
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- Department of Bioresources Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, Nago-City, Okinawa, Japan
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- Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aomori, Aomori, Japan
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- Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Research Laboratory on Environmentally-conscious Developments and Technologies [E-code], National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Gibu K, Ikeuchi E, Bell T, Nakamura T, Yoshioka Y, Suzuki A, Iguchi A. Calcification rates of a massive and a branching coral species were unrelated to diversity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:9101-9106. [PMID: 35737176 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07702-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND To explore the possibility that endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) are associated with coral calcification rates, we investigated the diversity of symbiotic algae in coral colonies with different calcification rates within massive and branching corals (Porites australiensis and Acropora digitifera). METHODS AND RESULTS Genotyping symbiotic algae from colonies with different calcification rates revealed that all the colonies of both species harbored mainly Cladocopium (previously clade C of Symbiodinium). The Cladocopium symbionts in P. australiensis were mainly composed of C15 and C15bn, and those in A. digitifera of C50a and C50c. We did not detect clear relationships between symbiont compositions and calcification rates within the two coral species. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that different coral calcification rates within species may be attributed to genetic factors of coral hosts themselves and/or within symbiont genotypes.
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- Kodai Gibu
- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Water and Environmental Research Institute, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU, 96923, USA
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan
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- Department of Bioresources Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, 905, Henoko, Nago, Okinawa, 905-2192, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan.,Research Laboratory On Environmentally-Conscious Developments and Technologies [E-Code], National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan. .,Research Laboratory On Environmentally-Conscious Developments and Technologies [E-Code], National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan.
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