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ZHANG Dajuan,LI Shaojing,WANG Guizhong,GUO Donghui. 2011. Impacts of CO2-driven seawater acidification on survival, egg production rate and hatching success of four marine copepods. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, (6):86-94
Impacts of CO2-driven seawater acidification on survival, egg production rate and hatching success of four marine copepods
Impacts of CO2-driven seawater acidification on survival, egg production rate and hatching success of four marine copepods
Received:August 26, 2010  Revised:May 19, 2011
DOI:10.1007/s13131-011-0165-9
Key words:CO2-driven acidification  copepod  survival  reproductive performance
中文关键词:  CO2-driven acidification  copepod  survival  reproductive performance
基金项目:The State Oceanic Administration Foundation of China under contract No. 200805029.
Author NameAffiliationE-mail
ZHANG Dajuan College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China  
LI Shaojing College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China 
zoopecol@xmu.edu.cn 
WANG Guizhong College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China 
 
GUO Donghui College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China 
 
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Abstract:
      Ecological experiments were conducted to examine the effects of seawater containing elevated partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2 800×10-6, 2 000×10-6, 5 000×10-6 and 10 000×10-6) on the survival and reproduction of female Acartia pacifica, Acartia spinicauda, Calanus sinicus and Centropages tenuiremis, which are the dominant copepods in the southern coastal waters of China. The results show that the effects of elevated pCO2 on the survival rates of copepods were speciesspecific. C. sinicus, which was a macro-copepod, had a higher survival rate (62.01%-71.96%) than the other three species (5.00%-26.67%) during the eight day exposure. The egg production rates of C. sinicus, A. spinicauda and C. tenuiremis were significantly inhibited by the increased pCO2 and the exposure time duration. There were significantly negative impacts on the egg hatching success of A. spinicauda and C. tenuiremis in the pCO2 2 000×10-6 and 10 000×10-6 groups, and, in addition, the exposure time had noticeably impacts on these rates too. This study indicates that the reproductive performances of copepods were sensitive to elevated pCO2, and that the response of different copepod species to acidified seawater was different. Furthermore, the synergistic effects of seawater acidification and climate change or other pollutant stresses on organisms should be given more attention.
中文摘要:
      Ecological experiments were conducted to examine the effects of seawater containing elevated partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2 800×10-6, 2 000×10-6, 5 000×10-6 and 10 000×10-6) on the survival and reproduction of female Acartia pacifica, Acartia spinicauda, Calanus sinicus and Centropages tenuiremis, which are the dominant copepods in the southern coastal waters of China. The results show that the effects of elevated pCO2 on the survival rates of copepods were speciesspecific. C. sinicus, which was a macro-copepod, had a higher survival rate (62.01%-71.96%) than the other three species (5.00%-26.67%) during the eight day exposure. The egg production rates of C. sinicus, A. spinicauda and C. tenuiremis were significantly inhibited by the increased pCO2 and the exposure time duration. There were significantly negative impacts on the egg hatching success of A. spinicauda and C. tenuiremis in the pCO2 2 000×10-6 and 10 000×10-6 groups, and, in addition, the exposure time had noticeably impacts on these rates too. This study indicates that the reproductive performances of copepods were sensitive to elevated pCO2, and that the response of different copepod species to acidified seawater was different. Furthermore, the synergistic effects of seawater acidification and climate change or other pollutant stresses on organisms should be given more attention.
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