Changes in the microbial community based on seawater pH variations

Dellisanti, Walter (2012) Changes in the microbial community based on seawater pH variations. [Laurea magistrale], Università di Bologna, Corso di Studio in Biologia marina [LM-DM270] - Ravenna
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Abstract

Ocean acidification is an effect of the rise in atmospheric CO2, which causes a reduction in the pH of the ocean and generates a number of changes in seawater chemistry and consequently potentially impacts seawater life. The effect of ocean acidification on metabolic processes (such as net community production and community respiration and on particulate organic carbon (POC) concentrations was investigated in summer 2012 at Cap de la Revellata in Corsica (Calvi, France). Coastal surface water was enclosed in 9 mesocosms and subjected to 6 pCO2 levels (3 replicated controls and 6 perturbations) for approximately one month. No trend was found in response to increasing pCO2 in any of the biological and particulate analyses. Community respiration was relatively stable throughout the experiment in all mesocosms, and net community production was most of the time close to zero. Similarly, POC concentrations were not affected by acidification during the whole experimental period. Such as the global ocean, the Mediterranean Sea has an oligotrophic nature. Based on present results, it seems likely that seawater acidification will not have significant effects on photosynthetic rates, microbial metabolism and carbon transport.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di laurea (Laurea magistrale)
Autore della tesi
Dellisanti, Walter
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Correlatore della tesi
Scuola
Corso di studio
Ordinamento Cds
DM270
Parole chiave
Ocean acidification; microbial metabolism; Mediterranean Sea
Data di discussione della Tesi
13 Dicembre 2012
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