Temporal declines in Wadden Sea phytoplankton cell volumes observed within and across species
| Autor: | Helmut Hillebrand, Josie Antonucci Di Carvalho, Jan‐Claas Dajka, Claus‐Dieter Dürselen, Onur Kerimoglu, Lucie Kuczynski, Lena Rönn, Alexey Ryabov |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Antonucci Di Carvalho, Josie, 2 Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) Oldenburg Germany, Dajka, Jan‐Claas, 1 Institute for Chemistry and Biology of Marine Environments (ICBM), Carl‐von‐Ossietzky University Oldenburg Wilhelmshaven Germany, Dürselen, Claus‐Dieter, 4 AquaEcology GmbH & Co. KG Oldenburg Germany, Kerimoglu, Onur, 5 Institute for Chemistry and Biology of Marine Environments (ICBM), Carl‐von‐Ossietzky University Oldenburg Oldenburg Germany, Kuczynski, Lucie, Rönn, Lena, 6 Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN, Brake‐Oldenburg) Oldenburg Germany, Ryabov, Alexey |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Popis: | Cell size is a master trait in the functional ecology of phytoplankton correlating with numerous morphological, physiological, and life‐cycle characteristics of species that constrain their nutrient use, growth, and edibility. In contrast to well‐known spatial patterns in cell size at macroecological scales or temporal changes in experimental contexts, few data sets allow testing temporal changes in cell sizes within ecosystems. To analyze the temporal changes of intraspecific and community‐wide cell size, we use the phytoplankton data derived from the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea monitoring program, which comprises sample‐ and species‐specific measurements of cell volume from 1710 samples collected over 14 yr. We find significant reductions in both the cell volume of most species and the weighted mean cell size of communities. Mainly diatoms showed this decline, whereas the size of dinoflagellates seemed to be less responsive. The magnitude of the trend indicates that cell volumes are about 30% smaller now than a decade ago. This interannual trend is overlayed by seasonal cycles with smaller cells typically observed in summer. In the subset of samples including environmental conditions, small community cell size was strongly related to high temperatures and low total phosphorus concentration. We conclude that cell size captures ongoing changes in phytoplankton communities beyond the changes in species composition. In addition, based on the changes in species biovolumes revealed by our analysis, we warn that using standard cell size values in phytoplankton assessment will not only miss temporal changes in size, but also lead to systematic errors in biomass estimates over time. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Interreg V A program Deutschland‐Nederland of the European Union Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010570 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5799263 |
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