Effect of seawater acidification and alkalization on photosynthetic physiology of Thalassiosira punctigera
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摘要: 大气CO2浓度升高引起的海洋酸化可能对浮游植物造成不同程度的影响。而近海浮游植物不仅面临着海水酸化问题,还会受到海水溶解性CO2降低及pH升高(海水碱化)的影响。本实验以斑点海链藻(Thalassiosira punctigera)为研究对象,测定7个不同pCO2水平(25 μatm、50 μatm、100 μatm、200 μatm、400 μatm、800 μatm、1 600 μatm)下的生长、光合作用和呼吸作用速率、细胞粒径、叶绿素a和生物硅含量以及叶绿素荧光等参数。结果表明,与400 μatm相比,在海水酸化(pCO2 > 400 μatm)和海水碱化(pCO2 < 400 μatm) 条件下,斑点海链藻的生长速率和叶绿素a含量都显著降低,但是碱化条件下降低的程度更大。此外,碱化处理的藻细胞光合作用速率、最大量子产量(Fv/Fm)和最大相对电子传递速率(rETRmax)都显著低于400 μatm培养下的细胞,而呼吸作用速率显著升高,但是生物硅含量和细胞大小无明显变化。研究表明海水碱化和海水酸化均会抑制其生理活动,而且海水碱化对其影响更显著。这表明正常pCO2生长下的藻细胞具有最适的生理状态。本研究可为探究海水碳酸盐系统变化对海洋初级生产力的影响提供一定的数据支持。Abstract: Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration leads to ocean acidification, which might affect phytoplankton to varying degrees. Phytoplankton in coastal waters may be affected by seawater acidification and alkalization. In this experiment, Thalassoosira punctigera (diatom) was used to investigate its growth, photosynthesis, dark respiration, cell size, chlorophyll a content, biogenic silica content and chlorophyll fluorescence at seven pCO2 levels (25 μatm, 50 μatm, 100 μatm, 200 μatm, 400 μatm, 800 μatm, 1 600 μatm). The results showed that, compared with 400 μatm, the growth rate and chlorophyll a content in seawater acidification (pCO2 > 400 μatm) and alkalization (pCO2 < 400 μatm) treatments were significantly reduced, but the degree of decrease was greater under the condition of alkalization. In addition, cells showed lower photosynthesis rates and maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) and relative maximum electron transport rate (
rETRmax) under alkalization conditions. However, there was no significant changes in biogenic silica content and cell size among different pCO2 levels. We found both seawater alkalization and acidification could inhibit the physiological activities of T. punctigera, and seawater alkalization had much more inhibited effects. Our results showed that the cell grown at current pCO2 level (400 μatm) had the optical physiological performance. Moreover, among the pCO2 levels set in this study, seawater alkalization has a more significant effect on T. punctigera. The present study provides a theoretical basis for studying the effects of changing seawater carbonate chemistry on the marine primary productivity in coastal waters. -
图 1 斑点海链藻在不同pCO2水平下的生长速率
不同字母代表不同处理之间存在显著差异(p < 0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平
Fig. 1 Specific growth rates of T. punctigera at different pCO2 levels
The different letters indicate significant differences among treatments (p < 0.05), * indicates the current atmospheric pCO2 level, # indicates the atmospheric pCO2 level for 2100 predicted by the SRES B2 scenario in IPCC 2007
图 2 斑点海链藻在不同pCO2水平的叶绿素a含量
不同字母代表不同处理之间存在显著差异(p<0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平
Fig. 2 Chlorophyll a content of T. punctigera at different pCO2 levels
The different letters indicate significant differences among treatments (p<0.05), * indicates the current atmospheric pCO2 level, # indicates the atmospheric pCO2 level for 2100 predicted by the SRES B2 scenario in IPCC 2007
图 3 在不同pCO2水平下生长的斑点海链藻的最大光量子产量(A)、最大电子传递速率(B)、表观电子传递速率(C)和饱和光强(D)相对400 μatm处理的百分比变化
不同字母代表不同处理之间存在显著差异( p < 0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平
Fig. 3 Percentage changes of maximum photochemical quantum yields (A), relative maximum electron transport rate (B), apparent photon transfer efficiency (C), and light saturation point (D) (%) of T. punctigera cells grown at different pCO2 levels relative to 400 μatm treatment
The different letters indicate significant differences among treatments (p < 0.05), * indicates the current atmospheric pCO2 level, # indicates the atmospheric pCO2 level for 2100 predicted by the SRES B2 scenario in IPCC 2007
图 4 斑点海链藻在不同pCO2水平的净光合作用速率(A)和呼吸作用速率(B)
不同字母代表不同处理之间存在显著差异(p < 0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平
Fig. 4 Net oxygen evolution (A) and dark respiration rates (B) of T. punctigera cells at different pCO2 levels
The different letters indicate significant differences among treatments (p < 0.05), * indicates the current atmospheric pCO2 level, # indicates the atmospheric pCO2 level for 2100 predicted by the SRES B2 scenario in IPCC 2007
表 1 不同pCO2水平的海水的碳酸盐系统参数
Tab. 1 Carbonate chemistry parameters of different pCO2 levels
处理组/μatm pHNBS 总碱度/μmol·kg−1 溶解性无机碳浓度/μmol·kg−1 $ {{\rm{HCO}}_3^- } $浓度/μmol·kg−1 CO2浓度/μmol·kg−1 25 9.01 ± 0.01a 2 325 ± 39a 1 395 ± 23a 827 ± 9a 0.8 ± 0.0a 50 8.84 ± 0.01b 2 314 ± 90a 1 530 ± 67b 1 047 ± 45b 1.6 ± 0.1b 100 8.65 ± 0.01c 2 332 ± 102a 1 697 ± 89c 1 304 ± 71c 3.0 ± 0.2c 200 8.43 ± 0.01d 2 365 ± 50a 1 887 ± 42d 1 588 ± 35d 6.1 ± 0.1d 400* 8.16 ± 0.01e 2 310 ± 71a 2 010 ± 69e 1 815 ± 63e 12.9 ± 0.5e 800# 7.92 ± 0.01f 2 419 ± 93a 2 228 ± 89f 2 081 ± 83f 25.7 ± 1.2f 1 600 7.63 ± 0.01g 2 422 ± 44a 2 342 ± 40g 2 222 ± 38g 53.5 ± 0.7g 注:数据用平均值±标准偏差表示,不同上标的字母表示不同pCO2水平之间存在显著差异(p < 0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平。 表 2 不同pCO2水平的斑点海链藻的细胞体积、表面积、表面积与体积的比值和单位表面积的生物硅含量
Tab. 2 Cell volume, surface area, surface area-to-cell volume ratio, and BSi content per surface area of T. punctigera cells grown at different pCO2 levels
处理组/μatm 细胞体积/μm3 表面积/μm2 表面积与体积的比值 单位表面积的生物硅含量/fmol·μm−2 25 31 630 ± 3 500a 6 136 ± 135a 0.19 ± 0.02a 81.65 ± 15.58a 50 36 869 ± 8 790a 6 979 ± 1 219a 0.19 ± 0.01a 68.32 ± 5.57a 100 35 534 ± 7 141a 6 818 ± 532a 0.19 ± 0.02a 69.00 ± 16.77a 200 35 653 ± 3 087a 6 649 ± 250a 0.19 ± 0.01a 64.35 ± 19.33a 400* 33 780 ± 3 975a 6 304 ± 407a 0.19 ± 0.01a 54.24 ± 11.39a 800# 35 377 ± 1 682a 6 489 ± 136a 0.18 ± 0.01a 60.29 ± 9.92a 1 600 37 543 ± 773a 6 712 ± 121a 0.18 ± 0.00a 53.88 ± 5.74a 注:数据用平均值±标准偏差表示,不同上标的字母表示不同pCO2水平之间存在显著差异(p < 0.05),*表示当前大气pCO2水平,#表示IPCC 2007中SRES B2情景预测的2100年大气pCO2水平。 -
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