| Response of benthic foraminifera to pH changes: Community structure and morphological transformation studies from a microcosm experiment | |
Dong, Shuaishuai1,6 ; Lei, Yanli1,4,5,6; Li, Tiegang2,5; Jian, Zhimin3
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| 2020-04-01 | |
| Source Publication | MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
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| ISSN | 0377-8398 |
| Volume | 156Pages:10 |
| Corresponding Author | Lei, Yanli(leiyanli@qdio.ac.cn) ; Li, Tiegang(tgli@fio.org.cn) |
| Abstract | Marine calcifying organisms, such as foraminifera, are threatened by the declining pH in the modern ocean. Benthic foraminifera are abundant, widespread and occur in diverse populations in the intertidal environment. However, to date, no studies have been conducted on the response of the intertidal foraminiferal community to pH under laboratory culture experiment. In this study, we cultured the entire foraminiferal community with the natural sediments from the intertidal area of the Yellow Sea at five pH values (8.5, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0 and 6.5, NBS scale). After four months' incubation, all living specimens (stained by rose-Bengal) were picked and identified. A total of 2246 living benthic foraminiferal specimens belonging to 15 species were analyzed, among which 1962 individuals were cultured and 284 ones were sampled before culturing. We calculated the community parameters under different pH, which showed both foraminiferal abundance and species richness decreased with the decline in pH. We analyzed the response of three foraminiferal taxa with different test types (hyaline, porcelaneous and agglutinated). The hyaline (e.g., Ammonia aomoriensis) and porcelaneous (e.g., Quinqueloculina seminula) foraminifera showed significant positive correlation with pH. In contrast, the agglutinated taxa (e.g., Ammoglobigerina globigeriniformis) showed significant negative response. For detecting the response of individual species to pH, body size and abnormal morphology of dominant species were measured and analyzed. Morphometric analysis of 1919 specimens showed the maximum length of hyaline and porcelaneous species decreased under low pH treatments (< 7.5) while that of agglutinated species increased. There were more deformed foraminiferal tests under low pH treatments. Our results demonstrate that benthic foraminifera are sensitive to pH decline which can cause a decline of community abundance and species richness, a reduction of dominant species of hyaline and porcelaneous types, and increase the chance of deformity. Among which, calcareous types are the first victims under low pH conditions. |
| Keyword | Ocean acidification pH-sensitive Test type Calcareous foraminifera Intertidal sediment Morphometry |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101819 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41976058] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41630965] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41830539] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[U1906211] ; Monitoring and Protection of Ecology and Environment in the East Pacific Ocean[DY135-E2-5] ; Senior User Project of RV KEXUE[KEXUE2018G27] ; Taishan Scholars Project Funding ; Paul Bronnimann Foundation |
| WOS Research Area | Paleontology |
| WOS Subject | Paleontology |
| WOS ID | WOS:000528062400003 |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/167296 |
| Collection | 海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Lei, Yanli; Li, Tiegang |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Lab Marine Organism Taxon & Phylogeny, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.MNR, Key Lab Marine Sedimentol & Environm Geol, Inst Oceanog 1, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 3.Tongji Univ, State Key Lab Marine Geol, Shanghai 200092, Peoples R China 4.Pilot Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol Qingdao, Lab Marine Biol & Biotechnol, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Ocean Megasci, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China |
| First Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Dong, Shuaishuai,Lei, Yanli,Li, Tiegang,et al. Response of benthic foraminifera to pH changes: Community structure and morphological transformation studies from a microcosm experiment[J]. MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY,2020,156:10. |
| APA | Dong, Shuaishuai,Lei, Yanli,Li, Tiegang,&Jian, Zhimin.(2020).Response of benthic foraminifera to pH changes: Community structure and morphological transformation studies from a microcosm experiment.MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY,156,10. |
| MLA | Dong, Shuaishuai,et al."Response of benthic foraminifera to pH changes: Community structure and morphological transformation studies from a microcosm experiment".MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY 156(2020):10. |
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