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The amount of CO2 dissolved in the ocean has been increasing continuously, and the results using climate change models show that the CO2 concentration of the ocean will increase by over 1000 ppm by 2100. Ocean acidification is expected to have a considerable impact on marine ecosystems. To find out about the impacts of ocean acidification on meiofaunal communities and copepod groups, we analyzed the differences in the abundance of meiofauna communities in sediment and the survival rate of harpacticoid copepod assemblages separated from the sediment, between 400 and 1000 ppm pCO2 for a short period of 5 days. In experiments with communities in sediments exposed to different pCO2 concentrations, there was no significant difference in the abundance of total meiofauna and nematodes. However, the abundance of the harpacticoid copepod community was significantly lower at 1000 ppm than that at 400 ppm pCO2. On the other hand, in experiments with assemblages of harpacticoid copepods directly exposed to seawater, there was no significant difference in their survival rates between the two concentrations. Our findings suggest that a CO2 concentration of 1000 ppm in seawater can cause changes in the abundance of specific taxa such as harpacticoid copepods among the meiofauna communities in sediments.
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This research was a part of the project titled “Understanding the deep sea biosphere on seafloor hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ridge” (No. 20170411), funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.
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Oh, J.H., Kang, T., Shin, A. et al. Effect of Different pCO2 Concentrations in Seawater on Meiofauna: Abundance of Communities in Sediment and Survival Rate of Harpacticoid Copepods. Ocean Sci. J. 57, 279–286 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-022-00066-y
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