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Effects of different oxygen regimes on ecological performance and bioenergetics of a coastal marine bioturbator, the soft shell clam Mya arenaria

Abstract. 

"Benthic species are exposed to oxygen fluctuations that can affect their performance and survival. Physiological effects and ecological consequences of fluctuating oxygen are not well understood in marine bioturbators such as the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria. We explored the effects of different oxygen regimes (21 days of exposure to constant hypoxia (~4.1 kPa PO2), cyclic hypoxia (~2.1–~10.4 kPa PO2) or normoxia (~21 kPa PO2)) on energy metabolism, oxidative stress and ecological behaviors (bioirrigation and bioturbation) of M. arenaria. Constant hypoxia and post-hypoxic recovery in cyclic hypoxia led to oxidative injury of proteins and [...]".

 

Source: Science Direct 
Authors: Natascha Ouillon et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160459

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Effects of Experimental Ocean Acidification on the Larval Morphology and Metabolism of a Temperate Sparid, Chrysoblephus laticeps

Abstract.

"Ocean acidification is predicted to have widespread impacts on marine species. The early life stages of fishes, being particularly sensitive to environmental deviations, represent a critical bottleneck to recruitment. We investigated the effects of ocean acidification (∆pH = −0.4) on the oxygen consumption and morphometry during the early ontogeny of a commercially important seabream, Chrysoblephus laticeps, up until flexion. Hatchlings appeared to be tolerant to hypercapnic conditions, exhibiting no difference in oxygen consumption or morphometry between treatments, although the yolk reserves were marginally reduced in the low-pH treatment. The preflexion stages appeared[...]"

 

Source: MDPI
Authors: Cuen Muller et al.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans2010002

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Metabolic preference of nitrate over oxygen as an electron acceptor in foraminifera from the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

Abstract.

"Benthic foraminifera populate a diverse range of marine habitats. Their ability to use alternative electron acceptors—nitrate (NO3−) or oxygen (O2)—makes them important mediators of benthic nitrogen cycling. Nevertheless, the metabolic scaling of the two alternative respiration pathways and the environmental determinants of foraminiferal denitrification rates are yet unknown. We measured denitrification and O2 respiration rates for 10 benthic foraminifer species sampled in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone (OMZ). [...]"

Source: PNAS
Authors: Nicolaas Glock et al.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813887116

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Cryptic oxygen cycling in anoxic marine zones

Abstract.

"Oxygen availability drives changes in microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycling between the aerobic surface layer and the anaerobic core in nitrite-rich anoxic marine zones (AMZs), which constitute huge oxygen-depleted regions in the tropical oceans. The current paradigm is that primary production and nitrification within the oxic surface layer fuel anaerobic processes in the anoxic core of AMZs, where 30–50% of global marine nitrogen loss takes place. Here we demonstrate that oxygenic photosynthesis in the secondary chlorophyll maximum (SCM) releases significant amounts of O2 to the otherwise anoxic environment. [...] "

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Authors: Emilio Garcia-Robledo et al.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619844114

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