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Fricke A, Bast F, Moreira-Saporiti A, Martins Bussanello G, Msuya FE, Teichberg M. Tropical bloom-forming mesoalgae Cladophoropsis sp. and Laurencia sp.-responses to ammonium enrichment and a simulated heatwave. J Phycol 2024; 60:554-573. [PMID: 38402562 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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Algal blooms are increasing worldwide, driven by elevated nutrient inputs. However, it is still unknown how tropical benthic algae will respond to heatwaves, which are expected to be more frequent under global warming. In the present study, a multifactorial experiment was carried out to investigate the potential synergistic effects of increased ammonium inputs (25 μM, control at 2.5 μM) and a heatwave (31°C, control at 25°C) on the growth and physiology (e.g., ammonium uptake, nutrient assimilation, photosynthetic performance, and pigment concentrations) of two bloom-forming algal species, Cladophoropsis sp. and Laurencia sp. Both algae positively responded to elevated ammonium concentrations with higher growth and chlorophyll a and lutein concentrations. Increased temperature was generally a less important driver, interacting with elevated ammonium by decreasing the algaes' %N content and N:P ratios. Interestingly, this stress response was not captured by the photosynthetic yield (Fv/Fm) nor by the carbon assimilation (%C), which increased for both algae at higher temperatures. The negative effects of higher temperature were, however, buffered by nutrient inputs, showing an antagonistic response in the combined treatment for the concentration of VAZ (violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, zeaxanthin) and thalli growth. Ammonium uptake was initially higher for Cladophoropsis sp. and increased for Laurencia sp. over experimental time, showing an acclimation capacity even in a short time interval. This experiment shows that both algae benefited from increased ammonium pulses and were able to overcome the otherwise detrimental stress of increasingly emerging temperature anomalies, which provide them a strong competitive advantage and might support their further expansions in tropical marine systems.
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- Anna Fricke
- WG Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Department Plant Quality and Food Security, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Großbeeren, Germany
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- WG Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda VPO, Punjab, India
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- WG Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Marine Biological Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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- Florianópolis (UFSC), R. Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI), Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- WG Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Marine Biological Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
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Beca-Carretero P, Winters G, Teichberg M, Procaccini G, Schneekloth F, Zambrano RH, Chiquillo K, Reuters H. Climate change and the presence of invasive species will threaten the persistence of the Mediterranean seagrass community. Sci Total Environ 2024; 910:168675. [PMID: 37981144 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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The Mediterranean Sea has been experiencing rapid increases in temperature and salinity triggering its tropicalization. Additionally, its connection with the Red Sea has been favouring the establishment of non-native species. In this study, we investigated the effects of predicted climate change and the introduction of invasive seagrass species (Halophila stipulacea) on the native Mediterranean seagrass community (Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa) by applying a novel ecological and spatial model with different configurations and parameter settings based on a Cellular Automata (CA). The proposed models use a discrete (stepwise) representation of space and time by executing deterministic and probabilistic rules that develop complex dynamic processes. Model applications were run under two climate scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5) projected from 2020 to 2100 in four different regions within the Mediterranean. Results indicate that the slow-growing P. oceanica will be highly vulnerable to climate change, suffering vast declines in its abundance. However, the results also show that western and colder areas of the Mediterranean Sea might represent refuge areas for this species. Cymodocea nodosa has been reported to exhibit resilience to predicted climate scenarios; however, it has shown habitat regression in the warmest predicted regions in the easternmost part of the basin. Our models indicate that H. stipulacea will thrive under projected climate scenarios, facilitating its spread across the basin. Also, H. stipulacea grew at the expense of C. nodosa, limiting the distribution of the latter, and eventually displacing this native species. Additionally, simulations demonstrated that areas from which P. oceanica meadows disappear would be partially covered by C. nodosa and H. stipulacea. These outcomes project that the Mediterranean seagrass community will experience a transition from long-lived, large and slow-growing species to small and fast-growing species as climate change progresses.
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- Pedro Beca-Carretero
- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany; Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Masada, Israel.
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- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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Moreira-Saporiti A, Teichberg M, Garnier E, Cornelissen JHC, Alcoverro T, Björk M, Boström C, Dattolo E, Eklöf JS, Hasler-Sheetal H, Marbà N, Marín-Guirao L, Meysick L, Olivé I, Reusch TBH, Ruocco M, Silva J, Sousa AI, Procaccini G, Santos R. A trait-based framework for seagrass ecology: Trends and prospects. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1088643. [PMID: 37021321 PMCID: PMC10067889 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1088643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In the last three decades, quantitative approaches that rely on organism traits instead of taxonomy have advanced different fields of ecological research through establishing the mechanistic links between environmental drivers, functional traits, and ecosystem functions. A research subfield where trait-based approaches have been frequently used but poorly synthesized is the ecology of seagrasses; marine angiosperms that colonized the ocean 100M YA and today make up productive yet threatened coastal ecosystems globally. Here, we compiled a comprehensive trait-based response-effect framework (TBF) which builds on previous concepts and ideas, including the use of traits for the study of community assembly processes, from dispersal and response to abiotic and biotic factors, to ecosystem function and service provision. We then apply this framework to the global seagrass literature, using a systematic review to identify the strengths, gaps, and opportunities of the field. Seagrass trait research has mostly focused on the effect of environmental drivers on traits, i.e., "environmental filtering" (72%), whereas links between traits and functions are less common (26.9%). Despite the richness of trait-based data available, concepts related to TBFs are rare in the seagrass literature (15% of studies), including the relative importance of neutral and niche assembly processes, or the influence of trait dominance or complementarity in ecosystem function provision. These knowledge gaps indicate ample potential for further research, highlighting the need to understand the links between the unique traits of seagrasses and the ecosystem services they provide.
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- Agustín Moreira-Saporiti
- Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Algae and Seagrass Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Algae and Seagrass Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Global Change Research Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Esporles Illes Balears, Spain
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
- Oceanographic Center of Murcia, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), Murcia, Spain
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- Åbo Akademi University, Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo, Finland
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Division of Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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Viana IG, Artika SR, Moreira-Saporiti A, Teichberg M. Limited trait responses of a tropical seagrass to the combination of increasing pCO2 and warming. J Exp Bot 2023; 74:472-488. [PMID: 36272111 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Understanding species-specific trait responses under future global change scenarios is of importance for conservation efforts and to make informed decisions within management projects. The combined and single effects of seawater acidification and warmer average temperature were investigated by means of the trait responses of Cymodocea serrulata, a tropical seagrass, under experimental conditions. After a 35 d exposure period, biochemical, morphological, and photo-physiological trait responses were measured. Overall, biochemical traits mildly responded under the individual exposure to high temperature and increasing pCO2 values. The response of C. serrulata was limited to a decrease in %C and an increase in the sucrose content in the rhizome under the high temperature treatment, 32 °C. This suggests that this temperature was lower than the maximum tolerance limit for this species. Increasing pCO2 levels increased %C in the rhizome, and also showed a significant increase in leaf δ13C values. The effects of all treatments were sublethal; however, small changes in their traits could affect the ecosystem services they provide. In particular, changes in tissue carbon concentrations may affect carbon storage capacity, one key ecosystem service. The simultaneous study of different types of trait responses contributes to establish a holistic framework of seagrass ecosystem health under climate change.
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- Inés G Viana
- Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, 15001, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
- Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Halu Oleo University, Indonesia
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Papenbrock J, Teichberg M. Editorial: Current advances in seagrass research. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1196437. [PMID: 37139104 PMCID: PMC10150038 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1196437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Jutta Papenbrock
- Institute of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- *Correspondence: Jutta Papenbrock, ; Mirta Teichberg,
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- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Jutta Papenbrock, ; Mirta Teichberg,
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Nguyen XV, Phan TTH, Cao VL, Nguyen Nhat NT, Nguyen TH, Nguyen XT, Lau VK, Hoang CT, Nguyen-Thi MN, Nguyen HM, Dao VH, Teichberg M, Papenbrock J. Current advances in seagrass research: A review from Viet Nam. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:991865. [PMID: 36299785 PMCID: PMC9589349 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.991865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Seagrass meadows provide valuable ecosystem services but are fragile and threatened ecosystems all over the world. This review highlights the current advances in seagrass research from Viet Nam. One goal is to support decision makers in developing science-based conservation strategies. In recent years, several techniques were applied to estimate the size of seagrass meadows. Independent from the method used, there is an alarming decline in the seagrass area in almost all parts of Viet Nam. Since 1990, a decline of 46.5% or 13,549 ha was found. Only in a few protected and difficult-to-reach areas was an increase observed. Conditions at those sites could be investigated in more detail to make suggestions for conservation and recovery of seagrass meadows. Due to their lifestyle and morphology, seagrasses take up compounds from their environment easily. Phytoremediation processes of Thalassia hemprichii and Enhalus acoroides are described exemplarily. High accumulation of heavy metals dependent on their concentration in the environment in different organs can be observed. On the one hand, seagrasses play a role in phytoremediation processes in polluted areas; on the other hand, they might suffer at high concentrations, and pollution will contribute to their overall decline. Compared with the neighboring countries, the total C org stock from seagrass beds in Viet Nam was much lower than in the Philippines and Indonesia but higher than that of Malaysia and Myanmar. Due to an exceptionally long latitudinal coastline of 3,260 km covering cool to warm water environments, the seagrass species composition in Viet Nam shows a high diversity and a high plasticity within species boundaries. This leads to challenges in taxonomic issues, especially with the Halophila genus, which can be better deduced from genetic diversity/population structures of members of Hydrocharitaceae. Finally, the current seagrass conservation and management efforts in Viet Nam are presented and discussed. Only decisions based on the interdisciplinary cooperation of scientists from all disciplines mentioned will finally lead to conserve this valuable ecosystem for mankind and biodiversity.
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- Xuan-Vy Nguyen
- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
- Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
- Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Hai Phong, Vietnam
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Hatseva, Israel
- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Dryland, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
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- Institute of Oceanography, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam
- Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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- Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woodshole, MA, United States
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- Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Winters G, Teichberg M, Reuter H, Viana IG, Willette DA. Editorial: Seagrasses Under Times of Change. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:870478. [PMID: 35574081 PMCID: PMC9096867 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.870478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Gidon Winters
- Dead Sea and Arava Science Center (DSASC), Masada National Park, Mount Masada, Israel
- Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hatmarim Blv, Eilat, Israel
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH (ZMT), Fahrenheitstraße 6, Bremen, Germany
- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory Starr, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory Starr, Woods Hole, MA, United States
- Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Biology Department, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Moreira-Saporiti A, Bejarano S, Viana IG, Belshe EF, Mtolera MSP, Teichberg M. Local Victory: Assessing Interspecific Competition in Seagrass From a Trait-Based Perspective. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:709257. [PMID: 34795681 PMCID: PMC8593471 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.709257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Tropical seagrass meadows are formed by an array of seagrass species that share the same space. Species sharing the same plot are competing for resources, namely light and inorganic nutrients, which results in the capacity of some species to preempt space from others. However, the drivers behind seagrass species competition are not completely understood. In this work, we studied the competitive interactions among tropical seagrass species of Unguja Island (Zanzibar, Tanzania) using a trait-based approach. We quantified the abundance of eight seagrass species under different trophic states, and selected nine traits related to light and inorganic nutrient preemption to characterize the functional strategy of the species (leaf maximum length and width, leaves per shoot, leaf mass area, vertical rhizome length, shoots per meter of ramet, rhizome diameter, roots per meter of ramet, and root maximum length). From the seagrass abundance we calculated the probability of space preemption between pairs of seagrass species and for each individual seagrass species under the different trophic states. Species had different probabilities of space preemption, with the climax species Thalassodendron ciliatum, Enhalus acoroides, Thalassia hemprichii, and the opportunistic Cymodocea serrulata having the highest probability of preemption, while the pioneer and opportunistic species Halophila ovalis, Syringodium isoetifolium, Halodule uninervis, and Cymodocea rotundata had the lowest. Traits determining the functional strategy showed that there was a size gradient across species. For two co-occurring seagrass species, probability of preemption was the highest for the larger species, it increased as the size difference between species increased and was unaffected by the trophic state. Competitive interactions among seagrass species were asymmetrical, i.e., negative effects were not reciprocal, and the driver behind space preemption was determined by plant size. Seagrass space preemption is a consequence of resource competition, and the probability of a species to exert preemption can be calculated using a trait-based approach.
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- Agustín Moreira-Saporiti
- Algae and Seagrass Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Reef Systems Research Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña (IEO, CSIC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Algae and Seagrass Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania
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- Algae and Seagrass Ecology Group, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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Helber SB, Winters G, Stuhr M, Belshe EF, Bröhl S, Schmid M, Reuter H, Teichberg M. Nutrient History Affects the Response and Resilience of the Tropical Seagrass Halophila stipulacea to Further Enrichment in Its Native Habitat. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:678341. [PMID: 34421939 PMCID: PMC8374242 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.678341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Eutrophication is one of the main threats to seagrass meadows, but there is limited knowledge on the interactive effects of nutrients under a changing climate, particularly for tropical seagrass species. This study aimed to detect the onset of stress in the tropical seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, by investigating the effect of in situ nutrient addition during an unusually warm summer over a 6-month period. We measured a suite of different morphological and biochemical community metrics and individual plant traits from two different sites with contrasting levels of eutrophication history before and after in situ fertilization in the Gulf of Aqaba. Nutrient stress combined with summer temperatures that surpassed the threshold for optimal growth negatively affected seagrass plants from South Beach (SB), an oligotrophic marine protected area, while H. stipulacea populations from North Beach (NB), a eutrophic and anthropogenically impacted area, benefited from the additional nutrient input. Lower aboveground (AG) and belowground (BG) biomass, reduced Leaf Area Index (LAI), smaller internodal distances, high sexual reproductive effort and the increasing occurrence of apical shoots in seagrasses from SB sites indicated that the plants were under stress and not growing under optimal conditions. Moreover, AG and BG biomass and internodal distances decreased further with the addition of fertilizer in SB sites. Results presented here highlight the fact that H. stipulacea is one of the most tolerant and plastic seagrass species. Our study further demonstrates that the effects of fertilization differ significantly between meadows that are growing exposed to different levels of anthropogenic pressures. Thus, the meadow's "history" affects it resilience and response to further stress. Our results suggest that monitoring efforts on H. stipulacea populations in its native range should focus especially on carbohydrate reserves in leaves and rhizomes, LAI, internodal length and percentage of apical shoots as suitable warning indicators for nutrient stress in this seagrass species to minimize future impacts on these valuable ecosystems.
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- Stephanie B. Helber
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg, Germany
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- The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center (ADSSC), Jerusalem, Israel
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel
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- Tropical Coral Ecophysiology, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences - Eilat (IUI), Eilat, Israel
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University (BIU), Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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Helber SB, Procaccini G, Belshe EF, Santillan-Sarmiento A, Cardini U, Bröhl S, Schmid M, Reuter H, Teichberg M. Unusually Warm Summer Temperatures Exacerbate Population and Plant Level Response of Posidonia oceanica to Anthropogenic Nutrient Stress. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:662682. [PMID: 34290722 PMCID: PMC8287906 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.662682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Posidonia oceanica is a key foundation species in the Mediterranean providing valuable ecosystem services. However, this species is particularly vulnerable towards high coastal nutrient inputs and the rising frequency of intense summer heat waves, but their combined effect in situ has received little attention so far. Here, we investigated the effects of in situ nutrient addition during an unusually warm summer over a 4-month period, comparing different morphological, physiological and biochemical population metrics of seagrass meadows growing in protected areas (Ischia) with meadows already exposed to significant anthropogenic pressure (Baia - Gulf of Pozzuoli). Our study highlights that the effects of warmer than usual summer temperatures on the population level of seagrass meadows can be exacerbated if the plants are already exposed to higher anthropogenic pressures. Morphological and population level indicators mainly changed over time, possibly impacted by season and the warmer temperatures, and displayed more pronounced reductions in seagrasses from impacted sites. The additional nutrient supply had even more deleterious effects, as shown by a decrease in approximately 67% in cover in fertilized plots at high impacted sites and 33% at low impacted sites. Moreover, while rhizome starch concentration showed a seasonal increase in plants from low impacted sites it displayed a trend of a 27% decrease in fertilized plots of the high impacted sites. Epiphyte biomass was approximately four-fold higher on leaves of plants growing in impacted sites and even doubled with the additional nutrient input. Predicting and anticipating stress in P. oceanica is of crucial importance for conservation and management efforts, given the limited colonizing and reproductive ability and extremely slow growth of this ecosystem engineer. Our results suggest that monitoring efforts should focus especially on leaf area index (LAI), carbohydrate concentrations in the rhizomes, and epiphyte cover on leaves as indicators of the onset of stress in Posidonia oceanica, which can be used by decision makers to take appropriate measures before damage to the ecosystem becomes irreversible, minimize future human interference and strengthen the resilience of these important ecosystems.
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- Stephanie B. Helber
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- *Correspondence: Stephanie B. Helber,
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
- Faculty of Engineering, National University of Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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Beca-Carretero P, Teichberg M, Winters G, Procaccini G, Reuter H. Projected Rapid Habitat Expansion of Tropical Seagrass Species in the Mediterranean Sea as Climate Change Progresses. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:555376. [PMID: 33304358 PMCID: PMC7701102 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.555376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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During the last 150 years, the tropical seagrass species Halophila stipulacea has established itself in the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea. More recently (2018), Halophila decipiens was observed for the first time in the eastern Mediterranean, and was described as the second non-native seagrass species in the Mediterranean Sea. We implemented a species distribution model (SDM) approach to (1) hindcast the habitat suitability of H. stipulacea over the last 100 years in the Mediterranean basin, and (2) to model the increase in the potential habitat suitability of H. stipulacea and H. decipiens during the current century under two very different climate scenarios, RCP 2.6 (lowest carbon emission scenario) and RCP 8.5 (highest carbon emission scenario). In addition, a principal component analysis (PCA) and k-means cluster based on temperature and salinity drivers were applied to visualize the distance and relatedness between the native and invasive H. stipulacea and H. decipiens populations. Results from this PCA suggest that the H. stipulacea populations of the Mediterranean and Red Sea are likely to be similar. In contrast, H. decipiens from the Mediterranean is more related to the Atlantic populations rather than to the Red Sea populations. The hindcast model suggests that the expansion of H. stipulacea was related to the increases in seawater temperatures in the Mediterranean over the last 100 years. The SDMs predict that more suitable habitat will become available for both tropical species during this century. The habitat suitability for H. stipulacea will keep expanding westward and northward as the Mediterranean continues to become saltier and warmer. In comparison, the SDMs built for H. decipiens forecast a restricted habitat suitability in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea at the present environmental conditions and predicts a progressive expansion with a potential increase in habitat suitability along 85% of the Mediterranean coastline. The predicted rapid expansion of non-native seagrass species could alter the Mediterranean's seagrass community and may entail massive impacts on associated ecosystem functions and services, impacts that have severe socio-economic consequences.
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- Pedro Beca-Carretero
- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Masada, Israel
- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
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- Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Masada, Israel
- Eilat Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eilat, Israel
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- Department of Theoretical Ecology and Modelling, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Viana IG, Moreira-Saporiti A, Teichberg M. Species-Specific Trait Responses of Three Tropical Seagrasses to Multiple Stressors: The Case of Increasing Temperature and Nutrient Enrichment. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:571363. [PMID: 33224162 PMCID: PMC7674176 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.571363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Seagrass meadows are declining globally. The decrease of seagrass area is influenced by the simultaneous occurrence of many factors at the local and global scale, including nutrient enrichment and climate change. This study aims to find out how increasing temperature and nutrient enrichment affect the morphological, biochemical and physiological responses of three coexisting tropical species, Thalassia hemprichii, Cymodocea serrulata and Halophila stipulacea. To achieve these aims, a 1-month experiment under laboratory conditions combining two temperature (maximum ambient temperature and current average temperature) and two nutrient (high and low N and P concentrations) treatments was conducted. The results showed that the seagrasses were differentially affected by all treatments depending on their life-history strategies. Under higher temperature treatments, C. serrulata showed photo-acclimation strategies, while T. hemprichii showed decreased photo-physiological performance. In contrast, T. hemprichii was resistant to nutrient over-enrichment, showing enhanced nutrient content and physiological changes, but C. serrulata suffered BG nutrient loss. The limited response of H. stipulacea to nutrient enrichment or high temperature suggests that this seagrass is a tolerant species that may have a dormancy state with lower photosynthetic performance and smaller-size individuals. Interaction between both factors was limited and generally showed antagonistic effects only on morphological and biochemical traits, but not on physiological traits. These results highlight the different effects and strategies co-inhabiting seagrasses have in response to environmental changes, showing winners and losers of a climate change scenario that may eventually cause biodiversity loss. Trait responses to these stressors could potentially make the seagrasses weaker to cope with following events, due to BG biomass or nutrient loss. This is of importance as biodiversity loss in tropical seagrass ecosystems could change the overall effectiveness of ecosystem functions and services provided by the seagrass meadows.
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- Inés G. Viana
- Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- *Correspondence: Inés G. Viana, ;
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH, Bremen, Germany
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Viana IG, Saavedra-Hortúa DA, Mtolera M, Teichberg M. Different strategies of nitrogen acquisition in two tropical seagrasses under nitrogen enrichment. New Phytol 2019; 223:1217-1229. [PMID: 31059120 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Tropical marine seagrasses live in environments with low nutrient concentrations. However, as land development intensifies along tropical coastlines, the marine environment in which these organisms grow is becoming more nutrient-rich. Nitrogen (N) uptake, assimilation, translocation and storage under a diversity of N sources in enriched conditions were investigated in two tropical seagrass species, Cymodocea serrulata and Thalassia hemprichii, from an oligotrophic marine environment. Both seagrasses were able to take up different inorganic and organic N sources through their above- and belowground tissues when enriched with high N concentrations. The uptake rates of T. hemprichii were generally higher than C. serrulata in leaves and rhizome, whereas root uptake was systematically higher in C. serrulata. Acropetal and basipetal translocation was observed in both species. Reduction and assimilation of N, measured in terms of their nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activity, were correlated with nitrate and ammonium uptake rates, respectively. Cymodocea serrulata showed a tendency to immediately use the available N, whereas T. hemprichii allocated more N in assimilation and storage investment. The responses of these seagrasses to N-enrichment demonstrate their ability to adapt to over-enrichment by varying N sources in the first step of the eutrophication process.
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- Inés G Viana
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH, 28359, Bremen, Germany
- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
- Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Galicia, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, Dar Es Salaam University, PO Box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research GmbH, 28359, Bremen, Germany
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Kegler HF, Lukman M, Teichberg M, Plass-Johnson J, Hassenrück C, Wild C, Gärdes A. Bacterial Community Composition and Potential Driving Factors in Different Reef Habitats of the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:662. [PMID: 28473810 PMCID: PMC5397486 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Coastal eutrophication is a key driver of shifts in bacterial communities on coral reefs. With fringing and patch reefs at varying distances from the coast the Spermonde Archipelago in southern Sulawesi, Indonesia offers ideal conditions to study the effects of coastal eutrophication along a spatially defined gradient. The present study investigated bacterial community composition of three coral reef habitats: the water column, sediments, and mucus of the hard coral genus Fungia, along that cross-shelf environmental and water quality gradient. The main research questions were: (1) How do water quality and bacterial community composition change along a coastal shelf gradient? (2) Which water quality parameters influence bacterial community composition? (3) Is there a difference in bacterial community composition among the investigated habitats? For this purpose, a range of key water parameters were measured at eight stations in distances from 2 to 55 km from urban Makassar. This was supplemented by sampling of bacterial communities of important microbial habitats using 454 pyrosequencing. Findings revealed that the population center Makassar had a strong effect on the concentrations of Chlorophyll a, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), which were all significantly elevated at the inshore compared the other seven sites. Shifts in the bacterial communities were specific to each sampled habitat. Two OTUs, belonging to the genera Escherichia/Shigella (Gammaproteobacteria) and Ralstonia (Betaproteobacteria), respectively, both dominated the bacterial community composition of the both size fractions of the water column and coral mucus. The sampled reef sediments were more diverse, and no single OTUs was dominant. There was no gradual shift in bacterial classes or OTUs within the sampled habitats. In addition, we observed very distinct communities between the investigated habitats. Our data show strong changes in the bacterial community composition at the inshore site for water column and sediment samples. Alarmingly, there was generally a high prevalence of potentially pathogenic bacteria across the entire gradient.
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- Hauke F Kegler
- Tropical Marine Microbiology, Department of Biogeochemistry and Geology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine ResearchBremen, Germany.,Faculty of Biology and Chemistry (FB 2), University of BremenBremen, Germany
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- Marine Science Department, Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries, Hasanuddin UniversitySouth Sulawesi, Indonesia
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- Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine ResearchBremen, Germany
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- Algae and Seagrass Ecology, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine ResearchBremen, Germany.,Centre for Ocean Life, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU-Aqua), Technical University of DenmarkCharlottenlund, Denmark
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- Tropical Marine Microbiology, Department of Biogeochemistry and Geology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine ResearchBremen, Germany.,HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremen, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Chemistry (FB 2), University of BremenBremen, Germany
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- Tropical Marine Microbiology, Department of Biogeochemistry and Geology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine ResearchBremen, Germany
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Meyer FW, Schubert N, Diele K, Teichberg M, Wild C, Enríquez S. Effect of Inorganic and Organic Carbon Enrichments (DIC and DOC) on the Photosynthesis and Calcification Rates of Two Calcifying Green Algae from a Caribbean Reef Lagoon. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160268. [PMID: 27487195 PMCID: PMC4972524 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Coral reefs worldwide are affected by increasing dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and organic carbon (DOC) concentrations due to ocean acidification (OA) and coastal eutrophication. These two stressors can occur simultaneously, particularly in near-shore reef environments with increasing anthropogenic pressure. However, experimental studies on how elevated DIC and DOC interact are scarce and fundamental to understanding potential synergistic effects and foreseeing future changes in coral reef function. Using an open mesocosm experiment, the present study investigated the impact of elevated DIC (pHNBS: 8.2 and 7.8; pCO2: 377 and 1076 μatm) and DOC (added as 833 μmol L-1 of glucose) on calcification and photosynthesis rates of two common calcifying green algae, Halimeda incrassata and Udotea flabellum, in a shallow reef environment. Our results revealed that under elevated DIC, algal photosynthesis decreased similarly for both species, but calcification was more affected in H. incrassata, which also showed carbonate dissolution rates. Elevated DOC reduced photosynthesis and calcification rates in H. incrassata, while in U. flabellum photosynthesis was unaffected and thalus calcification was severely impaired. The combined treatment showed an antagonistic effect of elevated DIC and DOC on the photosynthesis and calcification rates of H. incrassata, and an additive effect in U. flabellum. We conclude that the dominant sand dweller H. incrassata is more negatively affected by both DIC and DOC enrichments, but that their impact could be mitigated when they occur simultaneously. In contrast, U. flabellum can be less affected in coastal eutrophic waters by elevated DIC, but its contribution to reef carbonate sediment production could be further reduced. Accordingly, while the capacity of environmental eutrophication to exacerbate the impact of OA on algal-derived carbonate sand production seems to be species-specific, significant reductions can be expected under future OA scenarios, with important consequences for beach erosion and coastal sediment dynamics.
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- Laboratory of Photobiology, Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales Puerto Morelos (ICMyL), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cancún, Mexico
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- Edinburgh Napier University, School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences, EH11 4BN Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- St Abbs Marine Station, St Abbs, Berwickshire, TD14 5QF, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Biology & Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, Bremen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Photobiology, Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales Puerto Morelos (ICMyL), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cancún, Mexico
- * E-mail: ;
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Meyer FW, Vogel N, Teichberg M, Uthicke S, Wild C. The physiological response of two green calcifying algae from the Great Barrier Reef towards high dissolved inorganic and organic carbon (DIC and DOC) availability. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133596. [PMID: 26267650 PMCID: PMC4534297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Increasing dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentrations associated with ocean acidification can affect marine calcifiers, but local factors, such as high dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations through sewage and algal blooms, may interact with this global factor. For calcifying green algae of the genus Halimeda, a key tropical carbonate producer that often occurs in coral reefs, no studies on these interactions have been reported. These data are however urgently needed to understand future carbonate production. Thus, we investigated the independent and combined effects of DIC (pCO2 402 μatm/ pHtot 8.0 and 996 μatm/ pHtot 7.7) and DOC (added as glucose in 0 and 294 μmol L-1) on growth, calcification and photosynthesis of H. macroloba and H. opuntia from the Great Barrier Reef in an incubation experiment over 16 days. High DIC concentrations significantly reduced dark calcification of H. opuntia by 130 % and led to net dissolution, but did not affect H. macroloba. High DOC concentrations significantly reduced daily oxygen production of H. opuntia and H. macroloba by 78 % and 43 %, respectively, and significantly reduced dark calcification of H. opuntia by 70%. Combined high DIC and DOC did not show any interactive effects for both algae, but revealed additive effects for H. opuntia where the combination of both factors reduced dark calcification by 162 % compared to controls. Such species-specific differences in treatment responses indicate H. opuntia is more susceptible to a combination of high DIC and DOC than H. macroloba. From an ecological perspective, results further suggest a reduction of primary production for Halimeda-dominated benthic reef communities under high DOC concentrations and additional decreases of carbonate accretion under elevated DIC concentrations, where H. opuntia dominates the benthic community. This may reduce biogenic carbonate sedimentation rates and hence the buffering capacity against further ocean acidification.
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- Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany
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Hofmann LC, Bischof K, Baggini C, Johnson A, Koop-Jakobsen K, Teichberg M. CO₂ and inorganic nutrient enrichment affect the performance of a calcifying green alga and its noncalcifying epiphyte. Oecologia 2015; 177:1157-69. [PMID: 25648647 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3242-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ocean acidification studies in the past decade have greatly improved our knowledge of how calcifying organisms respond to increased surface ocean CO2 levels. It has become evident that, for many organisms, nutrient availability is an important factor that influences their physiological responses and competitive interactions with other species. Therefore, we tested how simulated ocean acidification and eutrophication (nitrate and phosphate enrichment) interact to affect the physiology and ecology of a calcifying chlorophyte macroalga (Halimeda opuntia (L.) J.V. Lamouroux) and its common noncalcifying epiphyte (Dictyota sp.) in a 4-week fully crossed multifactorial experiment. Inorganic nutrient enrichment (+NP) had a strong influence on all responses measured with the exception of net calcification. Elevated CO2 alone significantly decreased electron transport rates of the photosynthetic apparatus and resulted in phosphorus limitation in both species, but had no effect on oxygen production or respiration. The combination of CO2 and +NP significantly increased electron transport rates in both species. While +NP alone stimulated H. opuntia growth rates, Dictyota growth was significantly stimulated by nutrient enrichment only at elevated CO2, which led to the highest biomass ratios of Dictyota to Halimeda. Our results suggest that inorganic nutrient enrichment alone stimulates several aspects of H. opuntia physiology, but nutrient enrichment at a CO2 concentration predicted for the end of the century benefits Dictyota sp. and hinders its calcifying basibiont H. opuntia.
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- Laurie C Hofmann
- Marine Botany, Bremen Marine Ecology Centre for Research and Education, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany,
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Brodie J, Williamson CJ, Smale DA, Kamenos NA, Mieszkowska N, Santos R, Cunliffe M, Steinke M, Yesson C, Anderson KM, Asnaghi V, Brownlee C, Burdett HL, Burrows MT, Collins S, Donohue PJC, Harvey B, Foggo A, Noisette F, Nunes J, Ragazzola F, Raven JA, Schmidt DN, Suggett D, Teichberg M, Hall-Spencer JM. The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world. Ecol Evol 2014; 4:2787-98. [PMID: 25077027 PMCID: PMC4113300 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Seaweed and seagrass communities in the northeast Atlantic have been profoundly impacted by humans, and the rate of change is accelerating rapidly due to runaway CO2 emissions and mounting pressures on coastlines associated with human population growth and increased consumption of finite resources. Here, we predict how rapid warming and acidification are likely to affect benthic flora and coastal ecosystems of the northeast Atlantic in this century, based on global evidence from the literature as interpreted by the collective knowledge of the authorship. We predict that warming will kill off kelp forests in the south and that ocean acidification will remove maerl habitat in the north. Seagrasses will proliferate, and associated epiphytes switch from calcified algae to diatoms and filamentous species. Invasive species will thrive in niches liberated by loss of native species and spread via exponential development of artificial marine structures. Combined impacts of seawater warming, ocean acidification, and increased storminess may replace structurally diverse seaweed canopies, with associated calcified and noncalcified flora, with simple habitats dominated by noncalcified, turf-forming seaweeds.
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- Juliet Brodie
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History MuseumCromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History MuseumCromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff UniversityMain Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, UK
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- Marine Biological Association of the UKCitadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of SouthamptonWaterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of GlasgowGlasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Marine Biological Association of the UKCitadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
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- Marine Plant Ecology Research Group (ALGAE), Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of AlgarveCampus of Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
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- Marine Biological Association of the UKCitadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of EssexColchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History MuseumCromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of LondonRegent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia#4200-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Marine Biological Association of the UKCitadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, UK
- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of EdinburghThe King's Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of GlasgowGlasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Biology, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Sciences and Engineering, Plymouth UniversityPL4 8AA, UK
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- CNRS, UMR7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff Cedex, 29688, France
- UPMC Univ. Paris 6, UMR 7144Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff Cedex, 29688, France
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- Plymouth Marine LaboratoryProspect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of BristolWills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
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- Division of Plant Science, University of Dundee at the James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
- Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology SydneyUltimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of BristolWills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of EssexColchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine TropenökologieFahrenheitstraße 6, Bremen, D-28359, Germany
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- Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Sciences and Engineering, Plymouth UniversityPL4 8AA, UK
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Hofmann LC, Heiden J, Bischof K, Teichberg M. Nutrient availability affects the response of the calcifying chlorophyte Halimeda opuntia (L.) J.V. Lamouroux to low pH. Planta 2014; 239:231-242. [PMID: 24158465 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1982-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions cause a decrease in the pH and aragonite saturation state of surface ocean water. As a result, calcifying organisms are expected to suffer under future ocean conditions, but their physiological responses may depend on their nutrient status. Because many coral reefs experience high inorganic nutrient loads or seasonal changes in nutrient availability, reef organisms in localized areas will have to cope with elevated carbon dioxide and changes in inorganic nutrients. Halimeda opuntia is a dominant calcifying primary producer on coral reefs that contributes to coral reef accretion. Therefore, we investigated the carbon and nutrient balance of H. opuntia exposed to elevated carbon dioxide and inorganic nutrients. We measured tissue nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon content as well as the activity of enzymes involved in inorganic carbon uptake and nitrogen assimilation (external carbonic anhydrase and nitrate reductase, respectively). Inorganic carbon content was lower in algae exposed to high CO₂, but calcification rates were not significantly affected by CO₂ or inorganic nutrients. Organic carbon was positively correlated to external carbonic anhydrase activity, while inorganic carbon showed the opposite correlation. Carbon dioxide had a significant effect on tissue nitrogen and organic carbon content, while inorganic nutrients affected tissue phosphorus and N:P ratios. Nitrate reductase activity was highest in algae grown under elevated CO₂ and inorganic nutrient conditions and lowest when phosphate was limiting. In general, we found that enzymatic responses were strongly influenced by nutrient availability, indicating its important role in dictating the local responses of the calcifying primary producer H. opuntia to ocean acidification.
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- Laurie C Hofmann
- Marine Botany Department, Bremen Marine Ecology Center for Research and Education, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany,
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Teichberg M, Fox SE, Olsen YS, Valiela I, Martinetto P, Iribarne O, Muto EY, Petti MAV, Corbisier TN, Soto-Jiménez M, Páez-Osuna F, Castro P, Freitas H, Zitelli A, Cardinaletti M, Tagliapietra D. Eutrophication and macroalgal blooms in temperate and tropical coastal waters: nutrient enrichment experiments with Ulva spp. Glob Chang Biol 2010; 16:2624-2637. [PMCID: PMC3627300 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Receiving coastal waters and estuaries are among the most nutrient-enriched environments on earth, and one of the symptoms of the resulting eutrophication is the proliferation of opportunistic, fast-growing marine seaweeds. Here, we used a widespread macroalga often involved in blooms, Ulva spp., to investigate how supply of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), the two main potential growth-limiting nutrients, influence macroalgal growth in temperate and tropical coastal waters ranging from low- to high-nutrient supplies. We carried out N and P enrichment field experiments on Ulva spp. in seven coastal systems, with one of these systems represented by three different subestuaries, for a total of nine sites. We showed that rate of growth of Ulva spp. was directly correlated to annual dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) concentrations, where growth increased with increasing DIN concentration. Internal N pools of macroalgal fronds were also linked to increased DIN supply, and algal growth rates were tightly coupled to these internal N pools. The increases in DIN appeared to be related to greater inputs of wastewater to these coastal waters as indicated by high δ15N signatures of the algae as DIN increased. N and P enrichment experiments showed that rate of macroalgal growth was controlled by supply of DIN where ambient DIN concentrations were low, and by P where DIN concentrations were higher, regardless of latitude or geographic setting. These results suggest that understanding the basis for macroalgal blooms, and management of these harmful phenomena, will require information as to nutrient sources, and actions to reduce supply of N and P in coastal waters concerned.
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- Mirta Teichberg
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine TropenökologieFahrenheitstrasse 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center7 MBL St, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- School of Ocean Sciences, University of BangorWales, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center7 MBL St, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del PlataCC573 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del PlataCC573 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São PauloPraça do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São PauloPraça do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São PauloPraça do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoApartado Postal 811, Mazatlan 82040, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoApartado Postal 811, Mazatlan 82040, Mexico
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Coimbra3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Coimbra3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR)Riva 7 Martiri, 1364/a, 30122 Venice, Italy
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Olsen YS, Fox SE, Kinney EL, Teichberg M, Valiela I. Differences in urbanization and degree of marine influence are reflected in delta13C and delta15N of producers and consumers in seagrass habitats of Puerto Rico. Mar Environ Res 2010; 69:198-206. [PMID: 19931902 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Couplings between land use and marine food webs in tropical systems are poorly understood. We compared land-sea coupling in seven sites around Puerto Rico, differing in the degree of precipitation and urbanization, by measuring delta(13)C and delta(15)N in producers and consumers. delta(15)N values were influenced by human activity: the food web from sites near urbanized centers was on average 1 per thousand heavier in delta(15)N compared to undeveloped sites. This is most likely due to wastewater inputs from septic systems relatively near the shoreline. Changes in delta(13)C were best explained by differences in the degree of marine influence. Where terrestrial inputs from a major river dominated, delta(13)C values were lighter, whereas sites further from land and in locations exposed to oceanic currents had heavier delta(13)C values, characteristic of a marine source of dissolved organic carbon. We found no significant effect of precipitation on connectivity in spite of a twofold difference in annual average rainfall between the north and south coast. The results suggest there is some connectivity between land and sea in Puerto Rico, despite high rates of evaporation relative to precipitation.
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- Ylva S Olsen
- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL St., Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
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Heffner LR, Teichberg M, Fox S, Valiela I. Nitrate Reductase and Glutamine Synthetase Activity and Growth in Ulva lactuca in Waquoit Bay: A Time Sequence of Responses to Differences in Nitrogen Supply. Biol Bull 2004; 207:175. [PMID: 27690598 DOI: 10.1086/bblv207n2p175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Aguiar AB, Morgan JA, Teichberg M, Fox S, Valiela I. Transplantation and isotopic evidence of the relative effects of ambient and internal nutrient supply on the growth of Ulva lactuca. Biol Bull 2003; 205:250-251. [PMID: 14583556 DOI: 10.2307/1543279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Morgan JA, Aguiar AB, Fox S, Teichberg M, Valiela I. Relative influence of grazing and nutrient supply on growth of the green macroalga Ulva lactuca in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biol Bull 2003; 205:252-253. [PMID: 14583557 DOI: 10.2307/1543280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Millman M, Teichberg M, Martinetto P, Valiela I. Response of shrimp populations to land-derived nitrogen in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biol Bull 2002; 203:263-264. [PMID: 12414613 DOI: 10.2307/1543432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Melissa Millman
- Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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