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Effects of Ocean Acidification on Keystone Species of the Baltic Ecosystem

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Keystone Species of the Baltic Ecosystem. Elin Renborg DEPT. OF MARINE ECOLOGY - TJÄRNÖ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. Advanced tool for scenarios of the Baltic Sea ECOsystem to SUPPORT decision making.

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Effects of Ocean Acidification on Keystone Species of the Baltic Ecosystem

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  1. Effects of Ocean Acidification on Keystone Species of the Baltic Ecosystem Elin Renborg DEPT. OF MARINE ECOLOGY - TJÄRNÖ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG

  2. Advanced tool for scenarios of the Baltic Sea ECOsystem to SUPPORT decision making • objectives: to model the combined effects of changing climate and changing human activity on the greater Baltic ecosystem and provide an advanced modeling tool for scenario simulations that can underpin management strategies. Source: http://www.baltex-research.eu/ecosupport/

  3. Model hierarchy in ECOSUPPORT Assessments of possible effects of OA on key processes and species in the BS ecosystem http://www.baltex-research.eu/ecosupport/

  4. Background: Ocean Acidification • the average concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by more than a third since preindustrial time, ~1750 (Candell et al.,2007) • oceans have absorbed nearly a third of the anthropogenic CO2 released under the last 200 years. (Sabine et al., 2004) • pH of the surface oceans has declined by 0.1 units in average since pre-industrial time which is about 30% increase in hydrogen ions (Raven et al., 2005) CO2 + H2O = H2CO3 H2CO3 = H+ + HCO3- CO32- + H+ = HCO3

  5. Future Scenarios IPCC-report 2007, Orr et al., 2005

  6. Biological impacts • direct effects: calcification CaCO3 ↔ Ca+ + CO3- other physiological processes reproduction and early life stages • indirect effects: population size species distribution community structure

  7. Model Species: Mytilus edulis • oceanic waters to brackish eustaries • link between pelagic and benthic ecosystems • sperm and eggs are released directly into the water column • pelagic larvae

  8. Sperm motility and Fertilization • Hypotheses: • A 0,4 unit reduction in seawater pH (being likely to • occur until 2100) • H01: will not affect sperm motility • (% motility and swimming speed) • H02: will not affect fertilization success • (% cleaving embryos) • of Mytilus edulis

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