Coccolithophores can produce particulate organic carbon (POC) via photosynthesis and synthesize particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) via calcification; they also make an important contribution to marine carbon cycle. Some studies have reported that ocean acidification generally increases POC content and decreases PIC content of coccolithophores, however, most of the studies show these results under nutrient replete conditions, and a few studies focus on the combined effects of nutrient limitation and ocean acidification on coccolithophores. In this study, we investigated the physiological responses of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to ocean acidification under dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) limitation. Our data show that ocean acidification and DIP limitation act synergistically to reduce growth rate, relative photosynthetic electron transport rate and light use efficiency of photosynthetic system II of E. huxleyi. Dissolved inorganic phosphorus limitation dominantly increases cellular POC content and offsets the negative effect of ocean acidification on cellular PIC content and the ratio of PIC : POC. Our results suggest that DIP limitation changed the response trends of POC and PIC contents to ocean acidification, which indicates that the contributions of coccolithophores to marine carbon cycle are different in these ocean areas with different DIP concentrations.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |