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Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system

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Date
14/02/2011
Author
Hicks, Natalie
Bulling, Mark
Solan, Martin
Raffaelli, David
White, Piran
Paterson, David Maxwell
Funder
NERC
Grant ID
NE/E006795/1
Keywords
Climate
Biodiversity
Benthic metabolism
Estuaries
Primary production
QH301 Biology
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Abstract
Understanding the effects of anthropogenically-driven changes in global temperature, atmospheric carbon dioxide and biodiversity on the functionality of marine ecosystems is crucial for predicting and managing the associated impacts. Coastal ecosystems are important sources of carbon (primary production) to shelf waters and play a vital role in global nutrient cycling. These systems are especially vulnerable to the effects of human activities and will be the first areas impacted by rising sea levels. Within these coastal ecosystems, microalgal assemblages (microphytobenthos: MPB) are vital for autochthonous carbon fixation. The level of in situ production by MPB mediates the net carbon cycling of transitional ecosystems between net heterotrophic or autotrophic metabolism. In this study, we examine the interactive effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations (370, 600, and 1000 ppmv), temperature (6°C, 12°C, and 18°C) and invertebrate biodiversity on MPB biomass in experimental systems. We assembled communities of three common grazing invertebrates (Hydrobia ulvae, Corophium volutator and Hediste diversicolor) in monoculture and in all possible multispecies combinations. This experimental design specifically addresses interactions between the selected climate change variables and any ecological consequences caused by changes in species composition or richness.
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Hicks , N , Bulling , M , Solan , M , Raffaelli , D , White , P & Paterson , D M 2011 , ' Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system ' , BMC Ecology , vol. 11 , 7 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-7
Publication
BMC Ecology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-7
ISSN
1472-6785
Type
Journal article
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© 2011 Hicks et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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All work was supported by NERC grant NE/E006795/1
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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/11/7
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1813

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