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TI Latitudinal Patterns in European Seagrass Carbon Reserves: Influence of Seasonal Fluctuations versus Short-Term Stress and Disturbance Events
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AF SOISSONS, Laura M.
   HAANSTRA, Eeke P.
   VAN KATWIJK, Marieke M.
   ASMUS, Ragnhild
   AUBY, Isabelle
   BARILLE, Laurent
   BRUN, Fernando G.
   CARDOSO, Patricia G.
   DESROY, Nicolas
   FOURNIER, Jerome
   GANTHY, Florian
   GARMENDIA, Joxe-Mikel
   GODET, Laurent
   GRILO, Tiago F.
   KADEL, Petra
   ONDIVIELA, Barbara
   PERALTA, Gloria
   PUENTE, Araceli
   RECIO, Maria
   RIGOUIN, Loic
   VALLE, Mireia
   HERMAN, Peter M. J.
   BOUMA, Tjeerd J.
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C1 Univ Utrecht, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res, Dept Estuarine & Delta Syst, Yerseke, Netherlands.
   Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Water & Wetland Res, Dept Environm Sci, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
   Helmholtz Zentrum Polar & Meeresforsch, Alfred Wegener Inst, Bremerhaven, Germany.
   Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, Lab Environm Ressources Arcachon, Arcachon, France.
   Univ Nantes, Fac Sci & Tech, EA 2160, Equipe Mer Mol Sante, Nantes, France.
   Univ Cadiz, Fac Ciencias Mar & Ambientales, Area Ecol, Dept Biol, Cadiz, Spain.
   Univ Coimbra, Marine & Environm Res Ctr, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal.
   Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, Lab Environm & Ressources, Dinard, France.
   CNRS, UMR Biol Organismes & Ecosyst Aquat 7208, Paris, France.
   Ctr Tecnol Experto Innovac Marina & Alimentaria T, Marine Res Div, Pasaia, Spain.
   Univ Nantes, CNRS, UMR Littoral Environm Teledetect Geomat Nantes Ge, Nantes, France.
   Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, Lab Maritimo Guia, Marine & Environm Sci Ctr, Cascais, Portugal.
   Univ Cantabria, Environm Hydraul Inst IH Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
   Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Sede Esmeraldas PUCESE, Escuela Gest Ambiental, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
   Deltares, Delft, Netherlands.
C2 UNIV UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
   UNIV RADBOUD NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
   HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM POLAR & MEERESFORSCH, GERMANY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV NANTES, FRANCE
   UNIV CADIZ, SPAIN
   UNIV COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   TECNALIA, SPAIN
   UNIV NANTES, FRANCE
   UNIV LISBON, PORTUGAL
   UNIV CANTABRIA, SPAIN
   PUCESE, ECUADOR
   DELTARES, NETHERLANDS
SI ARCACHON
   DINARD
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERAR
   PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 4.106
TC 16
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00423/53420/54308.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;carbon reserves;European Atlantic coast;latitude;resilience;Zostera noltei;climate setting;stress events
AB Seagrass meadows form highly productive and valuable ecosystems in the marine environment. Throughout the year, seagrass meadows are exposed to abiotic and biotic variations linked to (i) seasonal fluctuations, (ii) short-term stress events such as, e.g., local nutrient enrichment, and (iii) small-scale disturbances such as, e.g., biomass removal by grazing. We hypothesized that short-term stress events and small-scale disturbances may affect seagrass chance for survival in temperate latitudes. To test this hypothesis we focused on seagrass carbon reserves in the form of starch stored seasonally in rhizomes, as these have been defined as a good indicator for winter survival. Twelve Zostera noltei meadows were monitored along a latitudinal gradient in Western Europe to firstly assess the seasonal change of their rhizomal starch content. Secondly, we tested the effects of nutrient enrichment and/or biomass removal on the corresponding starch content by using a short-term manipulative field experiment at a single latitude in the Netherlands. At the end of the growing season, we observed a weak but significant linear increase of starch content along the latitudinal gradient from south to north. This agrees with the contention that such reserves are essential for regrowth after winter, which is more severe in the north. In addition, we also observed a weak but significant positive relationship between starch content at the beginning of the growing season and past winter temperatures. This implies a lower regrowth potential after severe winters, due to diminished starch content at the beginning of the growing season. Short-term stress and disturbances may intensify these patterns, because our manipulative experiments show that when nutrient enrichment and biomass loss co-occurred at the end of the growing season, Z. noltei starch content declined. In temperate zones, the capacity of seagrasses to accumulate carbon reserves is expected to determine carbon-based regrowth after winter. Therefore, processes affecting those reserves might affect seagrass resilience. With increasing human pressure on coastal systems, short- and small-scale stress events are expected to become more frequent, threatening the resilience of seagrass ecosystems, particularly at higher latitudes, where populations tend to have an annual cycle highly dependent on their storage capacity. 
PY 2018
PD FEB
SO Frontiers In Plant Science
SN 1664-462X
PU Frontiers Media Sa
VL 9
IS 88
UT 000423801200001
BP 1
EP 12
DI 10.3389/fpls.2018.00088
ID 53420
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