Influence of light, temperature and salinity on dissolved organic carbon exudation rates in Zostera marina L.

Aquatic Biosystems

James Kaldy¹ 

[1] Western Ecology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, 2111 SE Marine Science Dr, Newport, OR, 97365, USA

关键词: Gradients;    Rhizodeposition;    Exudation;    Seagrass;    Carbon balance;   

Others  :  794488
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-9063-8-19

 received in 2012-04-30, accepted in 2012-08-17,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Marine angiosperms, seagrasses, are sentinel species of marine ecosystem health and function. Seagrass carbon budgets provide insight on the minimum requirements needed to maintain this valuable resource. Carbon budgets are a balance between C fixation, growth, storage and loss rates, most of which are well characterized. However, relatively few measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) leaf exudation or rhizodeposition rates exist for most seagrass species. Here I evaluate how eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) DOC exudation is affected by a single factor manipulation (light, temperature or salinity). Eelgrass plants were hydroponically exposed to treatments in experimental chambers (separate leaf and rhizome/root compartments) with artificial seawater medium. Regression analysis of changes in the DOC concentration through time was used to calculate DOC exudation rates.

Results

Exudation rates were similar across all treatments in all experiments. For all experiments, pooled leaf DOC exudation ranged between 0.032 and 0.069 mg C gdw^-1 h^-1, while rhizodeposition ranged between 0.024 and 0.045 mg C gdw^-1 h^-1. These rates are consistent with previously published values and provide first-order estimates for mechanistic models.

Conclusions

Zostera marina carbon losses from either leaf exudation or rhizodeposition account for a small proportion of gross primary production (1.2-4.6%) and appear to be insensitive to short-term (e.g., hours to days) environmental variations in chamber experiments. Based on these preliminary experiments, I suggest that Z. marina DOC exudation may be a passive process and not an active transport process.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Kaldy.

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