Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment

There is increasing concern about the effects of ocean acidification on marine biogeochemical and ecological processes and the organisms that drive them, including marine bacteria. Here, we examine the effects of elevated CO<sub>2</sub> on the bacterioplankton community during a mesoc...

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Main Authors: X. Lin, R. Huang, Y. Li, F. Li, Y. Wu, D. A. Hutchins, M. Dai, K. Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/551/2018/bg-15-551-2018.pdf
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description There is increasing concern about the effects of ocean acidification on marine biogeochemical and ecological processes and the organisms that drive them, including marine bacteria. Here, we examine the effects of elevated CO<sub>2</sub> on the bacterioplankton community during a mesocosm experiment using an artificial phytoplankton community in subtropical, eutrophic coastal waters of Xiamen, southern China. Through sequencing the bacterial 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 region, we found that the bacterioplankton community in this high-nutrient coastal environment was relatively resilient to changes in seawater carbonate chemistry. Based on comparative ecological network analysis, we found that elevated CO<sub>2</sub> hardly altered the network structure of high-abundance bacterioplankton taxa but appeared to reassemble the community network of low abundance taxa. This led to relatively high resilience of the whole bacterioplankton community to the elevated CO<sub>2</sub> level and associated chemical changes. We also observed that the Flavobacteria group, which plays an important role in the microbial carbon pump, showed higher relative abundance under the elevated CO<sub>2</sub> condition during the early stage of the phytoplankton bloom in the mesocosms. Our results provide new insights into how elevated CO<sub>2</sub> may influence bacterioplankton community structure.
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spelling doaj.art-472b063492d24f5da32addc1d06d9e222022-12-22T03:33:13ZengCopernicus PublicationsBiogeosciences1726-41701726-41892018-01-011555156510.5194/bg-15-551-2018Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experimentX. Lin0X. Lin1R. Huang2R. Huang3Y. Li4F. Li5Y. Wu6Y. Wu7D. A. Hutchins8M. Dai9K. Gao10State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaThese authors contributed equally to this work.State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaThese authors contributed equally to this work.State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaCollege of Oceanography, Hohai University, No. 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210000, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF 301, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USAState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaThere is increasing concern about the effects of ocean acidification on marine biogeochemical and ecological processes and the organisms that drive them, including marine bacteria. Here, we examine the effects of elevated CO<sub>2</sub> on the bacterioplankton community during a mesocosm experiment using an artificial phytoplankton community in subtropical, eutrophic coastal waters of Xiamen, southern China. Through sequencing the bacterial 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 region, we found that the bacterioplankton community in this high-nutrient coastal environment was relatively resilient to changes in seawater carbonate chemistry. Based on comparative ecological network analysis, we found that elevated CO<sub>2</sub> hardly altered the network structure of high-abundance bacterioplankton taxa but appeared to reassemble the community network of low abundance taxa. This led to relatively high resilience of the whole bacterioplankton community to the elevated CO<sub>2</sub> level and associated chemical changes. We also observed that the Flavobacteria group, which plays an important role in the microbial carbon pump, showed higher relative abundance under the elevated CO<sub>2</sub> condition during the early stage of the phytoplankton bloom in the mesocosms. Our results provide new insights into how elevated CO<sub>2</sub> may influence bacterioplankton community structure.https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/551/2018/bg-15-551-2018.pdf
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Y. Wu
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K. Gao
Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
Biogeosciences
title Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
title_full Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
title_fullStr Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
title_full_unstemmed Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
title_short Interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
title_sort interactive network configuration maintains bacterioplankton community structure under elevated co sub 2 sub in a eutrophic coastal mesocosm experiment
url https://www.biogeosciences.net/15/551/2018/bg-15-551-2018.pdf
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