Luiz C. Cotovicz Jr., Bronwyn Cahill, Bita Sabbaghzadeh, Jannine M. Lencina-Avila, Gregor Rehder
{"title":"Increase in marginal sea alkalinity may impact air–sea carbon dioxide exchange and buffer acidification","authors":"Luiz C. Cotovicz Jr., Bronwyn Cahill, Bita Sabbaghzadeh, Jannine M. Lencina-Avila, Gregor Rehder","doi":"10.1002/lno.12672","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12672","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Total alkalinity (TA) has increased in the Baltic Sea, with implications for atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>-induced acidification and CO<sub>2</sub> uptake. We compiled extensive data of TA in surface waters of the Baltic Sea, aiming to (i) identify new tendencies in the relationship between TA and salinity (TA–S relationship), (ii) update the TA trend analysis, (iii) investigate spatial–temporal patterns, and (iv) discuss potential drivers and implications. We observed a progressive decrease in the slopes and increase in the intercepts of the TA–S overtime due to the persistent process of TA enhancement. A weak seasonal pattern was identified, with warmer months presenting lower salinity and TA. Lower rates of TA increase were observed in high salinities (Skagerrak–Kattegat; +1.00 to +2.20 <i>μ</i>mol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>), intermediate trends in low salinities (Gulf of Bothnia; +3.28 to +3.57 <i>μ</i>mol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>), and maximal trends in the Central Baltic Sea (+3.70 to +4.57 <i>μ</i>mol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) and Bornholm Basin (+4.82 to +5.32 <i>μ</i>mol kg<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>). The increase in the intercept of the TA–S in the Gulf of Bothnia suggests a progressive increase in the external supply of TA, although lower than previously thought. The maximum trend in the Bornholm Basin suggests an increase in external supply from the Southern catchment and/or the accumulation of internal production. The positive TA–phosphorus correlations underscore a significant internal source. The TA increase amplifies the CO<sub>2</sub> uptake by 1.8–7.8% during spring/summer and reduces the CO<sub>2</sub> outgassing by 3.4–7.7% in autumn/winter. The TA enhancement has the potential to buffer CO<sub>2</sub>-induced acidification by 39–60% by 2050.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12672","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142101584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gloria M. S. Reithmaier, Damien T. Maher, Ceylena Holloway, Rogger E. Correa, Isaac R. Santos
{"title":"Small wetland-fringed estuaries deliver disproportionately large carbon loads to the ocean","authors":"Gloria M. S. Reithmaier, Damien T. Maher, Ceylena Holloway, Rogger E. Correa, Isaac R. Santos","doi":"10.1002/lno.12660","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12660","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous estimates of dissolved carbon export from estuaries focused on larger systems in the Northern Hemisphere, with little data for smaller tropical estuaries often fringed by intertidal wetlands. We investigated lateral export (outwelling) and transformation rates of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and total alkalinity (TA) as well as CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from 18 diverse Australian estuaries. Most estuaries acted as net sources for DOC (72%), DIC (83%), and TA (50%). On average, estuaries exported 120 ± 55 and 344 ± 150 mmol m<sup>−2</sup> catchment yr<sup>−1</sup> DOC and DIC, respectively. Estuarine CO<sub>2</sub> emissions (33 ± 20 mmol m<sup>−2</sup> estuary d<sup>−1</sup>) equalled 13% ± 16% of the dissolved lateral carbon export. Carbon export positively correlated with runoff, rain, and intertidal wetland cover, and negatively correlated with estuary and catchment area. Mangroves and saltmarshes cover < 1% of all catchments but can contribute 46% ± 11% of the DOC and 67% ± 13% of the DIC exported to the ocean. Upscaling our observations, Australian estuaries export 2.8 ± 2.2 TgC yr<sup>−1</sup> DOC, 8.1 ± 6.2 TgC yr<sup>−1</sup> DIC, and 0.7 ± 0.6 Tmol yr<sup>−1</sup> TA. Small catchments (< 10 ha) making up 70% of all estuaries and accounting for 18% of the total freshwater flow provided 27% to the total dissolved carbon export. Overall, small tropical estuaries fringed by highly productive intertidal wetlands are hotspots of carbon exports and should be considered in marine carbon budgets.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12660","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142090109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cordelia Roberts, Clara M. Flintrop, Alexander Khachikyan, Jana Milucka, Colin B. Munn, Morten H. Iversen
{"title":"Microplastics may reduce the efficiency of the biological carbon pump by decreasing the settling velocity and carbon content of marine snow","authors":"Cordelia Roberts, Clara M. Flintrop, Alexander Khachikyan, Jana Milucka, Colin B. Munn, Morten H. Iversen","doi":"10.1002/lno.12615","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12615","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plastics are pervasive in marine ecosystems and ubiquitous in both shallow and deep oceans. Microfibers, among other microplastics, accumulate in deep-sea sediments at concentrations up to four orders of magnitude higher than in surface waters. This is at odds with the fact that most microfibers are positively buoyant; therefore, it is hypothesized that settling aggregates are vectors for the downward transport of microfibers in the ocean. However, little is known about the impact of microfibers on carbon export. We formed diatom aggregates with differing concentrations of microfibers using roller tanks and observed that microfiber addition stimulated aggregate formation, but decreased their structural cohesion and caused them to break apart more readily, resulting in smaller average sizes. The incorporation of positively buoyant microfibers into settling aggregates reduced their size-specific sinking velocities proportional to the microfiber concentration. Slower sinking may extend aggregate retention time in the upper ocean, thereby increasing the time available for organic matter remineralization in the upper water column. Here, we show that at concentrations of 10<sup>5</sup> microfibers per cubic meter, microfiber incorporation into settling marine aggregates decreases potential export flux by 8–45%. Microfibers accumulating at such high concentrations, for example, in Arctic sea ice, may, therefore, be substantially reducing the efficiency of the biological carbon pump relative to the pre-plastic era.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12615","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142085226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui Fu, Korhan Özkan, Liselotte Sander Johansson, Martin Søndergaard, Torben Linding Lauridsen, Guixiang Yuan, Erik Jeppesen
{"title":"Causal feedback loops modify lake chlorophyll a–nutrient relationships over two decades of nutrient reductions and climate warming","authors":"Hui Fu, Korhan Özkan, Liselotte Sander Johansson, Martin Søndergaard, Torben Linding Lauridsen, Guixiang Yuan, Erik Jeppesen","doi":"10.1002/lno.12667","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12667","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding how the causal feedback between phytoplankton and environmental drivers controlling the chlorophyll <i>a</i> (Chl <i>a</i>, as a proxy of phytoplankton biomass)–nutrient relationships are modulated under different ecosystem conditions is a major challenge in aquatic ecology. Using an empirical dynamic model (convergent cross mapping) on a 20-yr dataset on 20 Danish lakes, we quantified hypothesized causal feedback networks for each lake and related them to lake system properties (e.g., mean water depth, nutrient concentrations and extent of reduction, climate warming) vs. the Chl <i>a</i>–nutrient relationship (estimated from generalized least square models). The results showed prevalent causal feedback across the studied lakes, which demonstrated clear patterns for the tested ecosystem variations. Weaker causal feedbacks were found in deeper lakes and lakes with larger warming trends, while stronger causal feedbacks appeared in lakes experiencing greater reductions of TP (total phosphorus) and TN (total nitrogen). Moreover, these causal feedbacks showed a strong and positive coupled pattern. Most of the causal feedbacks worked as enhancement loops, which promote the sensitivity of phytoplankton to TP, not least in shallow lakes with a high TP reduction, and as regulatory loops, which force a shift in the Chl <i>a</i>–TN relationship from a more negative slope in lakes experiencing a high nutrient reduction and weak warming to a positive slope in lakes with low nutrient reduction and stronger warming. Our findings suggest a mechanistic explanation of how internal feedbacks regulate the Chl <i>a</i>–nutrient relationships across a broad gradient of nutrient reductions, climate warming, and lake morphologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142050606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen M. Henderson, Jeffrey R. Nielson, Sandra R. Mayne, Caren S. Goldberg, Jeffrey A. Manning
{"title":"Transport and mixing observed in a pond: Description of wind-forced transport processes and quantification of mixing rates","authors":"Stephen M. Henderson, Jeffrey R. Nielson, Sandra R. Mayne, Caren S. Goldberg, Jeffrey A. Manning","doi":"10.1002/lno.12658","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12658","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ponds are characterized by high biodiversity, intense biogeochemical cycling, and susceptibility to anthropogenic impacts. Yet few studies have quantified the water velocities responsible for vertical mixing or lateral transport in ponds. We used high-resolution observations of velocity to examine mixing and transport during summer in a 50-m-long, 2.7-m-deep temperate pond. Many observed transport and mixing processes resembled those found in larger stratified lakes. A surface mixed layer was observed, whose depth ranged between ~ 1 m at night and < 0.3 m during the day. Turbulence was usually sufficient to vertically mix the surface layer in 4–12 min, but no turbulence was observed in the hypolimnion. Persistent (2.5-h-averaged) currents usually flowed downwind near the surface and returned upwind near the mixed layer base. Surface currents were proportional to windspeed, with root-mean-squared speed of <span></span><math>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>8</mn>\u0000 <mo>×</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mn>10</mn>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mspace></mspace>\u0000 <mi>m</mi>\u0000 <mspace></mspace>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 </mrow></math> (persistent hypolimnion currents were much weaker). Superposed on persistent currents were 30- to 100-min-period fluctuations resulting from internal seiches. These fluctuations were comparable in magnitude to more persistent currents in the mixed layer and dominated in the hypolimnion. Seiches did not advect particles far across the pond, but did contribute to production of mixed layer turbulence. Seiches also contributed to shear dispersion, which was sufficient to mix near-surface tracers across the pond in 2–4 d. Theory suggests that hypolimnion bottom boundary layers were laminar during the downslope phase of seiche motion, but became turbulent during the upslope phase as near-bed water flows created unstable stratification.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12658","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142050631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy C. Wyeth, Daniel Grünbaum, Julie E. Keister, Deana Crouser, Paul Roberts
{"title":"In situ observations of zooplankton show changes in abundance and swimming speed in response to hypoxia and acidification","authors":"Amy C. Wyeth, Daniel Grünbaum, Julie E. Keister, Deana Crouser, Paul Roberts","doi":"10.1002/lno.12668","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12668","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zooplankton exhibit diverse swimming behaviors to reposition themselves in the water column, feed, find mates, and avoid predation. Environmental stressors that modify behavior can have cascading effects on population distributions and predator–prey interactions. Understanding zooplankton population dynamics is challenging, largely because traditional methods for quantifying zooplankton distributions are costly, limited in scope, and require extended analysis by trained analysts. We developed a novel methodology that combined remotely deployed camera systems, machine learning-based identification of zooplankton, and video-based tracking technology to quantify copepod and amphipod in situ swimming behavior in Hood Canal, WA, USA, a seasonally hypoxic and acidified fjord. Behavioral analysis showed copepods of all sizes swam on average 24% slower in stressful (hypoxic and acidified) waters relative to non-stressful waters. Copepods exhibited less frequent escape responses in stressful waters, with a 68% decrease in the amount of time spent “jumping” for copepods 1–2 mm in length. Interestingly, abundances of small copepods increased in stressful waters, with 56% more 1–2 mm long copepods in stressful vs. non-stressful conditions. In contrast, amphipods' average “darting” speeds did not differ between environmental conditions, but the abundance of amphipods significantly decreased in stressful waters relative to non-stressful waters, suggesting avoidance of stressful conditions. Changes in swimming behavior are informative metrics in understanding ecosystem impacts of environmental stress because swimming speed has individual, population, and community-level implications. Our results suggest that, among copepods, in situ behaviors may be useful proxies in monitoring the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12668","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142045594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Austin R. Grubb, Christopher T. Johns, Matthew G. Hayden, Adam V. Subhas, Kimberlee Thamatrakoln, Kay D. Bidle
{"title":"Calcification increases carbon supply, photosynthesis, and growth in a globally distributed coccolithophore","authors":"Austin R. Grubb, Christopher T. Johns, Matthew G. Hayden, Adam V. Subhas, Kimberlee Thamatrakoln, Kay D. Bidle","doi":"10.1002/lno.12656","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lno.12656","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Coccolithophores fix organic carbon and produce calcite plates (coccoliths) that ballast organic matter and facilitate carbon export. Photosynthesis consumes carbon dioxide, while calcification produces it, raising questions about whether coccolithophores are a net sink or source of carbon. We characterized the physiology of calcified and noncalcified (“naked”) phenotypes of <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> (CCMP374) and investigated the relationship between calcification and photosynthesis across a gradient of light (25–2000 <i>μ</i>mol photons m<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>) spanning the euphotic zone. Growth and photophysiological parameters increased with light until reaching a mid-light (150 <i>μ</i>mol photons m<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>) maximum for both phenotypes. Calcified cells were characterized by enhanced photophysiology and less photoinhibition. Further, enhanced bicarbonate transport in calcified cells led to higher rates of particulate organic carbon fixation and growth compared to naked cells at mid-light to high light (150–2000 <i>μ</i>mol photons m<sup>−2</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>). Coccolith production was similarly high at mid and high light, but the rate of coccolith shedding was >3-fold lower at high-light (1.2 vs. 0.35 coccoliths cell<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>). The cellular mechanims(s) of this differential shedding remain unknown and underly light-related controls on coccosphere maintenance. Our data suggest coccoliths shade cells at high light and that enhanced bicarbonate transport associated with calcification increases internal carbon supplies available for organic carbon fixation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18143,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lno.12656","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142022021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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