Responses of intertidal bacterial biofilm communities to increasing pCO2
Responses of intertidal bacterial biofilm communities to increasing pCO2
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潮间带细菌生物膜群落对 pCO2 增加的反应
DOI:
10.1007/s10126-020-09958-3
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Adams J. and Hall-Spencer J.
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作者:
Kerfahi D.;Harvey B.;Agostini S.;Kon K.;Huang R.;Adams J. and Hall-Spencer J.
The effects of ocean acidification on ecosystems remain poorly understood, because it is difficult to simulate the effects of elevated CO2on entire marine communities. Natural systems enriched in CO2are being used to help understand the long-term effects of ocean acidification in situ. Here, we compared biofilm bacterial communities on intertidal cobbles/boulders and bedrock along a seawater CO2gradient off Japan. Samples sequenced for 16S rRNA showed differences in bacterial communities with differentpCO2and between habitat types. In both habitats, bacterial diversity increased in the acidified conditions. Differences inpCO2were associated with differences in the relative abundance of the dominant phyla. However, despite the differences in community composition, there was no indication that these changes would be significant for nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. As well as direct effects of seawater chemistry on the biofilm, increased microalgal growth and decreased grazing may contribute to the shift in bacterial composition at high CO2, as documented by other studies. Thus, the effects of changes in bacterial community composition due to globally increasingpCO2levels require further investigation to assess the implications for marine ecosystem function. However, the apparent lack of functional shifts in biofilms along thepCO2gradient is a reassuring indicator of stability of their ecosystem functions in shallow ocean margins.