Description of an experimental set up for the culture of benthic foraminifera in controlled pH conditions

  1. Diz Ferreiro, Paula
  2. Mena Rodríguez, Anxo
  3. Nombela Castaño, Miguel Angel
  4. Castaño Carrera, Mónica
  5. Velo, Antón
  6. Ordóñez, Natalia
  7. Fuentes Lema, Antonio
  8. Francés Pedraz, Guillermo
  9. Fernández Pérez, Fiz
  10. Fernández Ríos, Aida
  11. Rosón Porto, Gabriel
Revista:
Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences

ISSN: 0212-5919

Ano de publicación: 2015

Volume: 31

Número: 1

Páxinas: 23-32

Tipo: Artigo

SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84994056285 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Outras publicacións en: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences

Resumo

Acidification of the oceans is one of the consequences of ongoing increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The effects on organisms that build their shells of calcium carbonate are not sufficiently studied and might be detrimental. Simulating ocean acidification scenarios in the laboratory is a reasonable way to study their response to decreased pH and carbonate ion concentrations. In this study we describe in detail an experimental system to carry out ocean acidification experiments with non-symbiotic benthic foraminifera. We test the performance of the designed experimental set up by running a long-term experiment (90 days) using a potentially suitable benthic foraminiferal species for culturing (Miliolinella spp.). Although foraminifera did not survive the experimental period likely due to ciliates infestation, seawater pH measurement results indicate that the design is suitable for carrying out ocean acidification experiments.

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