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dc.contributor.authorRendina, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorBouchet, Phil J.
dc.contributor.authorAppolloni, Luca
dc.contributor.authorRusso, Giovanni Fulvio
dc.contributor.authorSandulli, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorKolzenburg, Regina
dc.contributor.authorPutra, Aditya
dc.contributor.authorRagazzola, Federica
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-21T23:36:23Z
dc.date.available2020-07-21T23:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.identifier260282314
dc.identifierbb6d086c-f054-4653-9f68-eac6017206c0
dc.identifier85069917904
dc.identifier000500180400012
dc.identifier.citationRendina , F , Bouchet , P J , Appolloni , L , Russo , G F , Sandulli , R , Kolzenburg , R , Putra , A & Ragazzola , F 2019 , ' Physiological response of the coralline alga Corallina officinalis L. to both predicted long-term increases in temperature and short-term heatwave events ' , Marine Environmental Research , vol. 150 , 104764 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104764en
dc.identifier.issn0141-1136
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:E033AC29061B127C7669C3E8780AA2B5
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2144-2049/work/61979021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/20303
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) within the COST Action CA15121, advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas (MarCons).en
dc.description.abstractClimate change is leading to an increase of mean sea surface temperatures and extreme heat events. There is an urgent need to better understand the capabilities of marine macroalgae to adapt to these rapid changes. In this study, the responses of photosynthesis, respiration, and calcification to elevated temperature in a global warming scenario were investigated in the coralline alga Corallina officinalis. Algae were cultured for 7 weeks under 4 temperature treatments: (1) control under ambient-summer conditions (C, ∼20 °C), (2) simulating a one-week heatwave of 1 °C (HW, Tcontrol+1 °C), (3) elevated temperature (+3, Tcontrol +3 °C), (4) combination of the two previous treatments (HW+3, T+3+1 °C). After exposure at T+3 (up to a Tmax of ∼23 °C), respiration and photosynthesis increased significantly. After 5 weeks, calcification rates were higher at elevated temperatures (T+3 and THW+3) compared to Tcontrol, but at the end of the experiment (7 weeks) calcification decreased significantly at those temperatures beyond the thermal optimum (six-fold at T+3, and three-fold at THW+3, respectively). The same trend was noted for all the physiological processes, suggesting that a prolonged exposure to high temperatures (7 weeks up to T+3) negatively affect the physiology of C. officinalis, as a possible consequence of thermal stress. A one-week heatwave of +1 °C with respect to Tcontrol (at THW) did not affect respiration, photosynthesis, or calcification rates. Conversely, a heatwave of 1 °C, when combined with the 3 °C increase predicted by the end of the century (at THW+3), induced a reduction of physiological rates. Continued increases in both the intensity and frequency of heatwaves under anthropogenic climate change may lead to reduced growth and survival of primary producers such as C. officinalis.
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dc.format.extent2128997
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Environmental Researchen
dc.subjectAlgaeen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectOcean warmingen
dc.subjectTemperatureen
dc.subjectHeatwavesen
dc.subjectThermal stressen
dc.subjectCalcificationen
dc.subjectPhotosynthesisen
dc.subjectRespirationen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titlePhysiological response of the coralline alga Corallina officinalis L. to both predicted long-term increases in temperature and short-term heatwave eventsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statisticsen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modellingen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104764
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2020-07-22


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