Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105107
Keywords
Algae; Crustose coralline algae; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Fractionation; Inorganic carbon uptake; Isotopes; Ocean acidification; Ocean warming; C-13/C-12
Funding
- Australian Research Council [DP160103071]
- Griffith University School of Environment and Science
- Australian Rivers Institute
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Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) assimilation is essential to the reef-building capacity of crustose coralline algae (CCA). Little is known, however, about the DIC uptake strategies and their potential plasticity under ongoing ocean acidification (OA) and warming. The persistence of CCA lineages throughout historical oscillations of pCO(2) and temperature suggests that evolutionary history may play a role in selecting for adaptive traits. We evaluated the effects of pCO(2) and temperature on the plasticity of DIC uptake strategies and associated energetic consequences in reef-building CCA from different evolutionary lineages. We simulated past, present, moderate (IPCC RCP 6.0) and high pCO(2) (RCP 8.5) and present and high (RCP 8.5) temperature conditions and quantified stable carbon isotope fractionation ((13)epsilon), organic carbon content, growth and photochemical efficiency. All investigated CCA species possess CO2-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) and assimilate CO2 via diffusion to varying degrees. Under OA and warming, CCA either increased or maintained CCM capacity, which was associated with overall neutral effects on metabolic performance. More basal taxa, Sporolithales and Hapalidiales, had greater capacity for diffusive CO2 use than Corallinales. We suggest that CCMs are an adaptation that supports a robust carbon physiology and are likely responsible for the endurance of CCA in historically changing oceans.
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