Intraspecific variations in responses to ocean acidification in two branching coral species
Intraspecific variations in responses to ocean acidification in two branching coral species
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两种分支珊瑚物种对海洋酸化反应的种内差异
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.061
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Y.
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作者:
Sekizawa;A.;Uechi;H.;Iguchi;A.;Nakamura;T.;Kumagai;N. H.;Suzuki;A.;Sakai;K.;Nojiri;Y.
Ocean acidification is widely recognised to have a negative impact on marine calcifying organisms by reducing calcifications, but controversy remains over whether such organisms could cope with ocean acidification within a range of phenotypic plasticity and/or adapt to future acidifying ocean. We performed a laboratory rearing experiment using clonal fragments of the common branching coralsMontipora digitataandPoritescylindricaunder control and acidified seawater (lower pH) conditions (approximately 400 and 900 μatmpCO2, respectively) and evaluated the intraspecific variations in their responses to ocean acidification. Intra- and interspecific variations in calcification and photosynthetic efficiency were evident according to bothpCO2conditions and colony, indicating that responses to acidification may be individually variable at the colony level. Our results suggest that some corals may cope with ocean acidification within their present genotypic composition by adaptation through phenotypic plasticity, while others may be placed under selective pressures resulting in population alteration.