title: Simulating ocean acidification and CO2 leakages from carbon capture and storage to assess the effects of pH reduction on cladoceran Moina mongolica Daday and its progeny.
abstract: In order to evaluate the effects of pH reduction in seawater as a result of increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, laboratory-scale experiments simulating the scenarios of ocean acidification (OA) and CO2 leakages of carbon capture and storage (CCS) were performed using the model organism Moina mongolica Daday. The LpH50s calculated in cladoceran toxicity tests showed that M. mongolica exhibited intermediate sensitivity to OA, which varied among species and with ontogeny, when compared with different phyla or classes of marine biota. Survival, reproduction and fecundity of parthenogenetic females were evaluated after 21-day exposures. Results showed that increased acidity significantly reduced the rate of reproduction of M. mongolica resulting in a decreased intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) across the gradients of pH reduction. The analysis of macromolecule contents in neonates suggested that nutritional status in progeny from all broods were significantly reduced as seawater pH decreased, with increasing magnitude in latter broods, except the contents of protein from two former broods and lipids from the first brood. Our findings clearly showed that for this ecologically and economically important fish species, the negative effects of pH reduction on both "quantity" and "quality" of progeny may have far-reaching implications, providing direct evidence that OA could influence the energetic transfer of marine food web and ecosystem functions in acidified oceans in the future.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Boulevard, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zswang@iue.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zaosheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Youshao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Boulevard, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Changzhou
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D033361:Cladocera / Q000187:drug effects*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002244:Carbon
keywords: CO(2)-driven acidification; Intrinsic rate of natural increase; Macromolecule contents; Progeny; Rank species sensitivity; Reproduction