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Seawater carbonate chemistry and taxonomic assemblage of fungal communities from the southern North Sea

Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) change ocean chemistry, as dissolved CO2 leads to a reduction in the seawater pH. Many marine taxa have been shown to be affected by ocean acidification; however, information on marine fungi is lacking. We analyzed the effect of pH on mycoplankton communities. The pH of microcosms was adjusted to a value mimicking the predicted ocean acidification in the near future. Fungal communities were analyzed using a double-marker gene approach, allowing a more detailed analysis of their response using 454 pyrosequencing. Mycoplankton communities in microcosms with in situ and adjusted water pH values differed significantly in terms of structure and diversity. The differences were mainly abundance shifts among the dominant taxa, rather than the exclusion of fungal groups. A sensitivity to lower pH values was reported for several groups across the fungal kingdom and was not phylogenetically conserved. Some of the fungal species that dominated the communities of microcosms with a lower pH were known pathogenic fungi. With the increasing awareness of the significant role fungi play in marine systems, including performing a diverse range of symbiotic activities, our results highlight the importance of including fungi in further research projects studying and modeling biotic responses to the predicted ocean acidification.

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Reich, Marlis, Wichels, Antje, Panzer, Katrin, Krause, Evamaria, Giménez, Luis, Gerdts, Gunnar (2017). Dataset: Seawater carbonate chemistry and taxonomic assemblage of fungal communities from the southern North Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879793

DOI retrieved: 2017

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Imported on November 29, 2024
Last update November 29, 2024
License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879793
Author Reich, Marlis
Given Name Marlis
Family Name Reich
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Wichels, Antje
Panzer, Katrin
Krause, Evamaria
Giménez, Luis
Gerdts, Gunnar
Source Creation 2017
Publication Year 2017
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Reich-etal_2017
Subject Areas
Name: Biosphere

Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

Name: Oceans

Related Identifiers
Title: Impacts of a reduction in seawater pH mimicking ocean acidification on the structure and diversity of mycoplankton communities
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01831
Type: DOI
Relation: IsSupplementTo
Year: 2017
Source: Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Authors: Reich Marlis , Wichels Antje , Panzer Katrin , Krause Evamaria , Giménez Luis , Gerdts Gunnar .

Title: seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.1
Identifier: https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2016
Authors: Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse , Orr James C , Gentili Bernard , Proye Aurélien , Soetaert Karline , Rae James .