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TI Dynamics of benthic metabolism, O2, and pCO2 in a temperate seagrass meadow
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AF Berg, Peter
   Delgard, Marie Lise
   Polsenaere, Pierre
   McGlathery, Karen J.
   Doney, Scott C.
   Berger, Amelie C.
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:1;6:1;
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C1 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia, usa
   Resources and Environment Laboratory, IFREMER, L'Houmeau, France
C2 UNIV VIRGINIA, USA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI LA ROCHELLE
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPC
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 3.778
TC 37
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00504/61565/65490.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Seagrass meadows play an important role in “blue carbon” sequestration and storage, but their dynamic metabolism is not fully understood. In a dense Zostera marina meadow, we measured benthic O2 fluxes by aquatic eddy covariance, water column concentrations of O2, and partial pressures of CO2 (pCO2) over 21 full days during peak growing season in April and June. Seagrass metabolism, derived from the O2 flux, varied markedly between the 2 months as biomass accumulated and water temperature increased from 16°C to 28°C, triggering a twofold increase in respiration and a trophic shift of the seagrass meadow from being a carbon sink to a carbon source. Seagrass metabolism was the major driver of diurnal fluctuations in water column O2 concentration and pCO2, ranging from 173 to 377 μmol L−1 and 193 to 859 ppmv, respectively. This 4.5‐fold variation in pCO2 was observed despite buffering by the carbonate system. Hysteresis in diurnal water column pCO2 vs. O2 concentration was attributed to storage of O2 and CO2 in seagrass tissue, air–water exchange of O2 and CO2, and CO2 storage in surface sediment. There was a ~ 1:1 mol‐to‐mol stoichiometric relationship between diurnal fluctuations in concentrations of O2 and dissolved inorganic carbon. Our measurements showed no stimulation of photosynthesis at high CO2 and low O2 concentrations, even though CO2 reached levels used in IPCC ocean acidification scenarios. This field study does not support the notion that seagrass meadows may be “winners” in future oceans with elevated CO2 concentrations and more frequent temperature extremes. 
PY 2019
PD NOV
SO Limnology And Oceanography
SN 0024-3590
PU Wiley
VL 64
IS 6
UT 000495506200019
BP 2586
EP 2604
DI 10.1002/lno.11236
ID 61565
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