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Effect of ocean acidification and temperature increase on the planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral)

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The present study investigated the effects of ocean acidification and temperature increase on Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral), the dominant planktonic foraminifer in the Arctic Ocean. Due to the naturally low concentration of CO 2−3 in the Arctic, this foraminifer could be particularly sensitive to the forecast changes in seawater carbonate chemistry. To assess potential responses to ocean acidification and climate change, perturbation experiments were performed on juvenile and adult specimens by manipulating seawater to mimic the present-day carbon dioxide level and a future ocean acidification scenario (end of the century) under controlled (in situ) and elevated temperatures (1 and 4 °C, respectively). Foraminifera mortality was unaffected under all the different experiment treatments. Under low pH, N. pachyderma (s) shell net calcification rates decreased. This decrease was higher (30 %) in the juvenile specimens than decrease observed in the adults (21 %) ones. However, decrease in net calcification was moderated when both, pH decreased and temperature increased simultaneously. When only temperature increased, a net calcification rate for both life stages was not affected. These results show that forecast changes in seawater chemistry would impact calcite production in N. pachyderma (s), possibly leading to a reduction of calcite flux contribution and consequently a decrease in biologic pump efficiency.

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Acknowledgments

This study has been partially funded by the Marine Ecosystem Response to a Changing Climate project (MERCLIM No 184860) financed by the program NORKLIMA through the Norwegian Research Council and through Theme 6 of the EC seventh framework program through the Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment (MEECE No 212085) Collaborative Project. We also thank Steeve Comeau, Azumi Kuroyanagi and Caterina Bergami who greatly improved the manuscript with their comments. Special thanks go to the crew members of the R/V G.O. Sars, whose efficiency and kindness helped to resolve every practical problem. We are very grateful to the chemical oceanography team of Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research for AT and CT analyses and to Carmen Casado to help with statistical data investigation. We want to thank Anais Aubert, Christian Wexel-Reiser, Tobias Tamelander, Helene Frigstad and Anna Silyakova for their great help and suggestions on board the G.O. Sars.

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  3. Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Allégaten 55, 5007, Bergen, Norway

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  4. Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégaten 70, 5007, Bergen, Norway

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Manno, C., Morata, N. & Bellerby, R. Effect of ocean acidification and temperature increase on the planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral). Polar Biol 35, 1311–1319 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1174-7

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