Metabolic Imbalance in Coastal Vegetated (Posidonia oceanica) and Unvegetated Benthic Ecosystems

被引:39
作者
Apostolaki, Eugenia T. [1 ,2 ]
Holmer, Marianne [3 ]
Marba, Nuria [4 ]
Karakassis, Ioannis [2 ]
机构
[1] Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Inst Oceanog, GR-71003 Iraklion, Crete, Greece
[2] Univ Crete, Dept Biol, Marine Ecol Lab, GR-71409 Iraklion, Crete, Greece
[3] Univ So Denmark, Inst Biol, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
[4] Inst Mediterrani Estudis Avancats CSIC UIB, Dept Global Change, SP-07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain
关键词
eutrophication; net community production; nutrient cycling; dissolved organic matter; seagrass; fish farming; Mediterranean; DISSOLVED ORGANIC-CARBON; EELGRASS ZOSTERA-MARINA; SEAGRASS CYMODOCEA-NODOSA; SULFATE REDUCTION RATES; FISH FARMING IMPACT; THALASSIA-TESTUDINUM; TROPICAL SEAGRASS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; WATER COLUMN; L; DELILE;
D O I
10.1007/s10021-010-9330-9
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Community metabolism and dissolved organic and inorganic nutrient fluxes were assessed in impacted from fish farm discharges and reference vegetated (Posidonia oceanica) and adjacent unvegetated communities in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Both metabolism and nutrient fluxes significantly differed between impacted and reference communities, but the effect depended on community type and time of year. Net community production (NCP) in the impacted vegetated community decreased by 60%, respiration (R) by 34%, and gross primary production (GPP) by 44%. The GPP:R ratio declined more (35%) in the impacted unvegetated than in the corresponding vegetated community (15%), implying that proximity to the fish farm has a severe impact on the unvegetated community, leading to imbalanced metabolism (GPP < R) and heterotrophic (GPP:R = 0.9) conditions. Higher release of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous was observed in the impacted vegetated community compared to the corresponding unvegetated one, implying intensification of mineralization in the seagrass community. On an annual scale, the impacted vegetated community supported increased DOC efflux by 204%, DON by 1639%, NH(4) by 122%, and NO(3) by 26%, whereas it supported release of DOP and PO(4) compared to the reference community, which removed these dissolved nutrients from the water column. The impacted unvegetated community supported an annual increase of DOC efflux by 208% and PO(4) by 42% and it released DON, NH(4), NO(3), and DOP, whereas the reference community took up these nutrients. Proximity to the fish farm altered the ecosystem state by lowering the productivity and by enhancing the nutrient release.
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