晋西北黄土丘陵区不同植被恢复下的土壤碳氮累积特征

探讨黄土丘陵区土壤碳氮特征及其蓄积速率对植被恢复的响应规律,不仅对于精确评估黄土高原生态恢复工程的土壤碳氮效应具有重要意义,同时也是国家积极推进碳中和战略和生态文明建设的科学基础。以晋西北黄土丘陵区—右玉县典型生态恢复区为研究对象,以相邻农田为对照,分析了不同植被类型在不同恢复年限下的土壤碳氮特征和固碳(氮)效应。结果表明:以20 a和50 a为界,植被恢复的土壤固碳(氮)效应可分为短期、中期和长期3个阶段。从短期(20 a)来看,退耕还林(草)的土壤固碳(氮)效应不明显,甚至导致了土壤表层(0—20 cm)SOC和STN含量和储量的降低,而退耕还灌的土壤碳氮增汇效应较为显著;从中期(21—50 a)来看,随着恢复年限的增加,3种植被的土壤碳氮增汇效应显著,其中草地在恢复21—35 a后,土壤固碳(氮)达到最高值,之后其SOC、STN含量和储量开始降低,而林地和灌木地的土壤碳(氮)汇效应表现显著;从长期来看(50 a),林地表层土壤碳(氮)增汇效应仍持续增强,而灌木地和草地SOC、STN含量和储量,均低于对照农田。总体来看,退耕还林在中期和长期的土壤碳氮蓄积效应相当可观,退耕还灌在短期和中期的土壤碳氮蓄积效应表现显著;对于草地,仅在退耕中期(21—35 a)表现出一定的土壤碳氮增汇效应。从表层土壤的碳氮平均蓄积速率来看,林地在退耕中期和长期,均表现出较高的平均碳氮蓄积速率,而灌木地在退耕早期(20 a),其表层土壤平均碳氮蓄积速率最快,之后,随恢复年限的增加,逐步降低,最终转变为负值(50 a);而草地仅在退耕21—35 a,土壤碳氮蓄积速率表现为正值,其余阶段均为负值。退耕还林(草)后的表层SOC含量与STN含量、C/N和土壤含水量呈明显的正相关,与土壤容重之间呈显著的负相关。土壤C/N受SOC的影响较大;土壤水分条件的改善可促进SOC和STN的积累,其对表层STN的影响程度甚至高于SOC。随着表层SOC含量的增加,会改变土壤颗粒的胶结状况,从而导致土壤容重的降低。     

干旱区不同种植年限苜蓿人工草地土壤CO2排放的主要影响因素

采用静态箱-气象色谱法对干旱区不同种植年限苜蓿人工草地土壤系统、土壤-植被系统的CO2排放通量进行了测定,并对土壤 CO2排放通量的主要影响因素,包括土壤碳氮质量分数、土壤温度、气温、土壤水分体积分数、生物量进行了测定分析,从而得到了苜蓿生长季内CO2排放通量规律及影响土壤CO2排放的主要因素。结果表明：观测期内各个年限土壤-植被系统与土壤系统的CO2排放趋势基本一致,总体表现为4a〉5a〉8a〉3a〉1a,表现出“夏季高秋季低”的季节变化规律,具有明显的季节变化动态,各样地CO2通量在7月中旬达到最高排放通量;土壤CO2排放通量与0~20 cm土层内土壤有机碳质量分数、活性有机碳质量分数、土壤C：N及土壤全N质量分数都具有正相关关系,并且都达到了显著水平;土壤CO2排放通量与5 cm土壤温度和大气温度都有正相关关系,并且显著水平很高（P＜0.001）;土壤CO2排放通量与0~10 cm土壤水分体积分数之间没有显著的相关性（P〉0.05）;土壤CO2排放通量与地上部分生物量的大小有直接的正相关关系,并且CO2排放通量与地上生物量具有相同的变化趋势。     

不同经营方式及生境对大兴安岭高纬度林区生长盛季森林土壤CO_2、CH_4、N_2O通量的影响

为了确定不同森林经营利用方式(原始林、皆伐林、渐伐林)及不同生境(有林地、无林地、湿地)对于森林土壤-大气主要温室气体通量的影响,于2013年生长盛季(7─8月),在内蒙古大兴安岭兴安落叶松(Larix gmelinii)林区选取了16块样地,采用静态箱/气相色谱法进行了土壤-大气温室气体通量的原位观测。气体监测的同时,测定了土壤湿度和各层土壤温度以及各样地土壤的物理、化学性质。实验结果表明:大兴安岭兴安落叶松林区生长盛季CH4通量平均值为C(-133.6±62.3)μg·m-2·h-1。沼泽湿地(PD2和PD7)CH4表现为释放,CH4通量平均值为C(130.0±41.0)μg·m-2·h-1,其它14个样地土壤CH4为吸收,吸收通量变化范围为C(-242.0~-42.6)μg·m-2·h-1,变异系数为47%。所有样地CO2的地-气通量变化范围是C(94.9~1164.0)μg·m-2·h-1,平均值为C(671.3±324.3)μg·m-2·h-1,变异系数是48%。所有样地N2O通量的范围是N(1.2~21.6)μg·m-2·h-1,平均值为N(7.3±6.1)μg·m-2·h-1,变异系数为84%。通过数据分析显示,大兴安岭林区生长盛季不同经营方式及不同生境对森林土壤-大气CH4、CO2、N2O通量均无显著相关性。CH4通量与土壤各层温度及各层湿度并未发现有显著相关性,仅显示CH4通量与土壤有机质(SOC)呈正相关关系、土壤全氮(TN)呈负相关关系;CO2通量与土壤5 cm处温度显著相关(P=0.042 3),与土壤0 cm及10 cm处温度无显著相关性,CO2通量与土壤各层温度呈正相关关系,与腐殖质层、0~10 cm以及10~20 cm土壤湿度呈负相关关系,与SOC、TN呈负相关关系;N2O通量与土壤各层温度、湿度及SOC均呈正相关关系,与TN呈负相关关系。     

长期不同施肥条件下红壤小麦和玉米季CO2、N2O排放特征

基于中国农业科学院红壤实验站红壤旱地小麦-玉米轮作长期定位试验,采用静态箱/气相色谱法,研究红壤旱地连续施肥16 a后,不同施肥条件下小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2和N2O的排放特征。结果表明,CO2和N2O排放具有明显的季节性,施肥对土壤CO2和N2O排放有明显影响,且有机肥的施用显著促进了土壤CO2和N2O排放。不施肥对照（CK）、氮磷配施（NP）、氮钾配施（NK）、氮磷钾配施（NPK）和有机无机肥配施（NPKM）处理小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2累积排放量分别为5 904、8 062、4 298、9 235、14 098和4 708、7 530、5 435、7 089、15 472 kg.hm-2,土壤N2O累积排放量分别为0.34、0.63、0.44、0.62、1.00和0.25、0.39、0.35、0.52、1.73 kg.hm-2,小麦休闲期土壤CO2和N2 O累积排放量平均占小麦生长季的63.52%和28.43%,玉米休闲季平均占玉米生长季的49.98%和32.72%,说明休闲期土壤CO2和N2O累积排放量不容忽视。除玉米季NP、NK、NPK处理外,其他各处理小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2排放通量与5 cm深处土壤温度显著相关;而土壤N2O排放通量与土壤温度间均未表现出显著相关性;除NPKM处理外,其他各处理土壤CO2或N2O排放通量与土壤水分间相关性均未达显著水平。     

油菜地CO2、N2O排放及其影响因素

2005年11月至2006年5月采用静态箱法对成都平原典型水稻 - 油菜轮作区油菜地CO2、N2O排放通量进行原位测定.结果表明,CO2排放通量为121.4～1 585.8 mg·m-2·h-1,平均656.8 mg·m-2·h-1;N2O排放通量为18.0～521.0 μg·m-2·h-1,平均168.0 μg·m-2·h-1.在整个油菜生长期内,地下5 cm土壤温度与CO2、N2O排放通量之间呈指数函数关系.3种不同处理油菜地CO2、N2O排放通量均为常规处理＞无氮处理＞裸地处理.土壤温度、施氮和植物生长是影响油菜地CO2、N2O排放的主要因素.     

长期不同施肥条件下红壤小麦和玉米季CO_2、N_2O排放特征

基于中国农业科学院红壤实验站红壤旱地小麦-玉米轮作长期定位试验,采用静态箱/气相色谱法,研究红壤旱地连续施肥16 a后,不同施肥条件下小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2和N2O的排放特征。结果表明,CO2和N2O排放具有明显的季节性,施肥对土壤CO2和N2O排放有明显影响,且有机肥的施用显著促进了土壤CO2和N2O排放。不施肥对照(CK)、氮磷配施(NP)、氮钾配施(NK)、氮磷钾配施(NPK)和有机无机肥配施(NPKM)处理小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2累积排放量分别为5 904、8 062、4 298、9 235、14 098和4 708、7 530、5 435、7 089、15 472 kg.hm-2,土壤N2O累积排放量分别为0.34、0.63、0.44、0.62、1.00和0.25、0.39、0.35、0.52、1.73 kg.hm-2,小麦休闲期土壤CO2和N2 O累积排放量平均占小麦生长季的63.52%和28.43%,玉米休闲季平均占玉米生长季的49.98%和32.72%,说明休闲期土壤CO2和N2O累积排放量不容忽视。除玉米季NP、NK、NPK处理外,其他各处理小麦季和玉米季土壤CO2排放通量与5 cm深处土...     

青藏高原不同年限日光温室中高寒草甸土壤机械组成、养分与微生物活性变化

选取青藏高原东部种植年限分别为5、10和15 a的日光温室以及天然草地为研究对象,探讨了大棚蔬菜栽培对高寒草甸土壤机械组成、养分含量以及微生物活性的影响。结果表明:(1)随着种植年限的延长,土壤粒径呈变细的趋势。与对照相比,种植5、10和15 a后,温室土壤10!m粒径颗粒质量分数分别提高8.5、19.3和20.3百分点;(2)除铵态氮(NH_4~+-N)外,土壤有机碳(SOC)、全氮(TN)、碱解氮(AN)、硝态氮(NO_3~--N)、全磷(TP)、有效磷(PO_4~(3-)-P)含量和阳离子交换量(CEC)随着种植年限的延长而升高,表现出显著积累趋势。种植10 a的温室土壤TP和PO_4~(3-)-P含量达到最大值,分别为1.4 g·kg~(-1)和80.8 mg·kg~(-1)。与对照相比,种植15 a的温室土壤SOC、TN、AN、NO_3~--N含量和CEC分别增加55.1%、93.8%、48.5%、138.3%和81.8%;(3)温室土壤微生物活性随种植年限的延长而增强。与对照相比,种植5 a的温室土壤脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性分别升高46.2%和41.7%,种植10 a的温室土壤微生物生物量氮(MBN)含量和蔗糖酶活性分别升高66.7%和26.6%,种植15 a的温室土壤微生物生物量碳(MBC)含量和过氧化氢酶活性分别升高50.3%和100.0%。可见,日光温室栽培改善了高寒草甸土壤理化性质,提高了土壤微生物活性。     

施肥与不施肥措施下小麦田的CO2、CH4、N2O排放日变化特征

二氧化碳（CO2）、甲烷（CH4）、氧化亚氮（N2O）是对全球气候变化影响最大的温室气体。由于土壤与大气之间的水热交换需要一定的传导平衡时间,因此土壤温室气体与温湿度之间的关系存在不同的表现形式。目前,有关温室气体研究多集中于季节性排放特征,而关于CO2、CH4、N2O的日变化研究却少见报道。以北京小麦（Triticum aestivuml）农田土壤为研究对象,对施肥和不施肥条件下CO2、CH4、N2O交换通量和气温、土壤温度进行连续观测,来探讨3种温室气体的日变化特征。采用人工静态暗箱法对小麦田土壤进行连续48 h原位观测,每2 h测定1次,每次盖箱时间为30 min。气体样品中的CO2、CH4、N2O用气相色谱仪（Agilent 6890A,FID/ECD）测定。结果表明：施肥与不施肥条件下小麦生育后期麦田土壤CO2、CH4、N2O交换通量具有明显的日变化特征。土壤表现为CH4的吸收汇、CO2和N2O的排放源。CH4的吸收通量、CO2和N2O的排放通量均表现为施肥区＞对照区。CO2、CH4的交换通量的70%以上出现在白天,而施肥区和对照区的N2O白天排放通量分别达到全天的81.8%、91.1%。另外,相关性分析表明,CO2、N2O交换通量的日变化与气温和5 cm地温呈极显著（P＜0.01）或显著（P＜0.05）的正相关关系,且N2O交换通量日变化与10 cm地温呈现极显著的正相关关系,说明温度是影响CO2、N2O交换通量日变化的重要因素;而气温、5 cm地温、10 cm地温对CH4交换通量日变化不存在显著性影响。     

耕地土壤碳固存的措施与潜力

土壤CO2排放与土壤退化、土壤有机质(SOC)含量减少和土壤质量下降密切相关。耕地具有较大的碳固存潜力。通过采用最佳管理措施(BMPs)和进行土壤修复来提高土壤质量，能增加SOC含量和提高土壤生产力，并能部分起到减缓温室效应的作用。文章从土壤固碳的机制入手，系统总结了在耕作土壤碳固存方面的研究。从土壤侵蚀控制、退化土壤修复、保护性耕作、残落物管理，改善农作物制度等方面，论述了耕地的固碳潜力，并提出了一系列实现碳固存的措施。最后估算出耕地土壤总的固碳潜力为0．73～0．87Pg/a。研究表明,在替代性能源开发之前，耕地碳固存是一项切实可行的措施。     

施肥与不施肥措施下小麦田的CO_2、CH_4、N_2O排放日变化特征

二氧化碳(CO2)、甲烷(CH4)、氧化亚氮(N2O)是对全球气候变化影响最大的温室气体。由于土壤与大气之间的水热交换需要一定的传导平衡时间,因此土壤温室气体与温湿度之间的关系存在不同的表现形式。目前,有关温室气体研究多集中于季节性排放特征,而关于CO2、CH4、N2O的日变化研究却少见报道。以北京小麦(Triticum aestivuml)农田土壤为研究对象,对施肥和不施肥条件下CO2、CH4、N2O交换通量和气温、土壤温度进行连续观测,来探讨3种温室气体的日变化特征。采用人工静态暗箱法对小麦田土壤进行连续48 h原位观测,每2 h测定1次,每次盖箱时间为30 min。气体样品中的CO2、CH4、N2O用气相色谱仪(Agilent 6890A,FID/ECD)测定。结果表明:施肥与不施肥条件下小麦生育后期麦田土壤CO2、CH4、N2O交换通量具有明显的日变化特征。土壤表现为CH4的吸收汇、CO2和N2O的排放源。CH4的吸收通量、CO2和N2O的排放通量均表现为施肥区对照区。CO2、CH4的交换通量的70%以上出现在白天,而施肥区和对照区的N2O白天排放通量分别达到全天的81.8%、91.1%。另外,相关性分析表明,CO2、N2O交换通量的日变化与气温和5 cm地温呈极显著(P0.01)或显著(P0.05)的正相关关系,且N2O交换通量日变化与10 cm地温呈现极显著的正相关关系,说明温度是影响CO2、N2O交换通量日变化的重要因素;而气温、5 cm地温、10 cm地温对CH4交换通量日变化不存在显著性影响。     

Cu2+、Zn2+和Cd2+对蟾蜍蝌蚪的联合毒性

以蟾蜍蝌蚪为试验材料,采用联合指数相加法,研究了重金属铜(Cu)、锌(Zn)和镉(Cd)离子对蟾蜍蝌蚪的急性毒性和联合毒性效应.结果表明,Cu2 、Zn2 和Cd2 对蟾蜍蝌蚪的毒性顺序为Cu2 >Cd2 >Zn2 ,48 h的半致死浓度LC50分别为0.514、9.224、33.56 mg L-1;96 h的半致死浓度LC50分别为0.288、8.142、30.76 mg L-1.联合毒性试验结果表明,Cu2 与Zn2 及Zn2 与Cd2 共存时的联合毒性为拮抗作用;Cu2 与Cd2 共存时的联合毒性为毒性剧增的协同作用;Cu2 、Zn2 与Cd2 三者联合时的毒性为协同作用.表6参18     

Structural and functional vulnerability to elevated pCO2 in marine benthic communities

The effect of elevated pCO₂/low pH on marine invertebrate benthic biodiversity, community structure and selected functional responses which underpin ecosystem services (such as community production and calcification) was tested in a medium-term (30 days) mesocosm experiment in June 2010. Standardised intertidal macrobenthic communities, collected (50.3567°N, 4.1277°W) using artificial substrate units (ASUs), were exposed to one of seven pH treatments (8.05, 7.8. 7.6, 7.4, 7.2, 6.8 and 6.0). Community net calcification/dissolution rates, as well as changes in biomass, community structure and diversity, were measured at the end of the experimental period. Communities showed significant changes in structure and reduced diversity in response to reduced pH: shifting from a community dominated by calcareous organisms to one dominated by non-calcareous organisms around either pH 7.2 (number of individuals and species) or pH 7.8 (biomass). These results were supported by a reduced total weight of CaCO₃ structures in all major taxa at lowered pH and a switch from net calcification to net dissolution around pH 7.4 (Ω_calc = 0.78, Ω_ara = 0.5). Overall community soft tissue biomass did not change with pH and high mortality was observed only at pH 6.0, although molluscs and arthropods showed significant decreases in soft tissue. This study supports and refines previous findings on how elevated pCO₂ can induce changes in marine biodiversity, underlined by differential vulnerability of different phyla. In addition, it shows significant elevated pCO₂-/low pH-dependent changes in fundamental community functional responses underpinning changes in ecosystem services.     

Effect of 2-butenal manufacture wastewater to methanogenic activity and microbial community

The inhibition ratio sharply increased with the increasing COD. The absorbance of UV-vis at 420 nm showed a linear correlation with the SMA. The molecular structure of EPS has changed when COD was 9585 mg/L. Illumina Miseq sequencing was employed to reveal the microbial composition. The synthesis of 2-butenal, which is a vital raw material for the production of sorbic acid as a food preservative, generates some toxic by-products, so it is urgent to seek better detoxification strategies for the treatment of 2-butenal manufacture wastewater. In this study, batch experiments were carried out to investigate the inhibition effect of wastewater on the methanogenic activity. To understand the wastewater toxicity to anaerobic granular sludge, variations of the specific methanogenic activity (SMA) and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) constituents at various wastewater CODs were investigated. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectra and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra were employed to analyze the structure of the EPS. The results showed that the inhibitory ratio of 2-butenal manufacture wastewater was less than 8.4% on the anaerobic granular sludge when the CODs were less than 959 mg/L. However, the inhibitory ratio increased from 36.4% to 93.6% when CODs increased from 2396 mg/L to 9585 mg/L, with the SMA decreasing from 39.1 mL CH₄/(gVSS·d) to 3.2 mL CH₄/(gVSS·d). The diversity of the microbial community under various CODs was researched by Illumina 16S rRNA Miseq sequencing and the results demonstrated that Proteiniphilum、Petrimonas and Syntrophobacter were the dominant bacteria genera in all sample. Regarding archaea, Methanobacterium was the most dominated archaea genera, followed by the Methanosaeta group in all samples. Moreover, the bacterial communities had changed obviously with increasing CODs, which indicated high CODs played a negative impact on the richness and diversity of bacterial community in the sludge samples.     

Biotechnology to develop innovative syntheses using CO2

We present an overview of possible biotechnological applications for using carbon dioxide for the synthesis of chemicals. These approaches are very appealing as they contribute to the implementation of new synthetic methodologies that reduce waste and make a better use of carbon and energy. Several synthetic approaches will be considered including both the incorporation of the whole COO moiety or its reduction to other C₁ molecules. Each option will be discussed making a comparison between the natural and artificial process in order to highlight the possibility to learn from Nature and develop useful mimetic or enzymatic systems.     

Cd~(2+)对BY-2细胞的毒性机制及水杨酸的缓解作用

镉对生态环境的危害表现出对植物这种定生生物的毒害性。以绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)膜泡标记的烟草BY-2细胞为实验材料,分别在荧光显微镜和激光共聚焦显微镜下观察了Cd2+对植物细胞的毒害作用和机制,并研究了水杨酸(SA)处理对Cd2+植物细胞毒害的缓解作用。研究发现激光共聚焦显微镜可以观察到Cd2+处理3 h后细胞荧光亮度减弱,6 h时细胞皱缩和液泡缩小,9 h细胞大多死亡。在Cd2+胁迫同时加入SA,可显著提高细胞成活时间,荧光亮度增强、液泡化程度加大,同时能够观察到荧光标记的细胞膜包裹Cd2+的高荧光颗粒。SA处理的细胞还通过高度液泡化来缓解重金属Cd2+的毒性。结果表明具有生物活性的SA诱导细胞的液泡化,并通过膜成分对重金属的包裹和结合进一步降低了重金属对植物细胞的毒害。因此水杨酸缓解重金属对植物细胞的毒性,是通过诱导细胞的液泡化和膜对重金属离子的包裹束缚而实现的。     

A constrained least-squares approach to combine bottom-up and top-down CO2 flux estimates

Terrestrial CO₂ flux estimates are obtained from two fundamentally different methods generally termed bottom-up and top-down approaches. Inventory methods are one type of bottom-up approach which uses various sources of information such as crop production surveys and forest monitoring data to estimate the annual CO₂ flux at locations covering a study region. Top-down approaches are various types of atmospheric inversion methods which use CO₂ concentration measurements from monitoring towers and atmospheric transport models to estimate CO₂ flux over a study region. Both methods can also quantify the uncertainty associated with their estimates. Historically, these two approaches have produced estimates that differ considerably. The goal of this work is to construct a statistical model which sensibly combines estimates from the two approaches to produce a new estimate of CO₂ flux for our study region. The two approaches have complementary strengths and weaknesses, and our results show that certain aspects of the uncertainty associated with each of the approaches are greatly reduced by combining the methods. Our model is purposefully simple and designed to take the two approaches’ estimates and measures of uncertainty at ‘face value’. Specifically, we use a constrained least-squares approach to appropriately weigh the estimates by the inverse of their variance, and the constraint imposes agreement between the two sources. Our application involves nearly 18,000 flux estimates for the upper midwest United States. The constrained dependencies result in a non-sparse covariance matrix, but computation requires only minutes due to the structure of the model.     

A sustainable sulfate process to produce TiO2 pigments

Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is a widely used white pigment. TiO₂ production in 2006 was about 1,400,000 metric tons in the USA. The two major processes to manufacture TiO₂ are the chloride process and the sulfate process. Currently, the TiO₂ industry finds the waste generated in the chloride process less than the waste generated in the sulfate process in its present design, despite generating large quantities of process-related carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. As a consequence, the sulfate process appears less economical, notably due to the production of green vitriol, FeSO₄·7H₂O, as a major waste. Here, we describe a more sustainable sulfate process based on an earlier study on thermal decomposition of iron(II) sulfates. In the sustainable sulfate process, FeSO₄·7H₂O waste is used for greener production of sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄, used in turn for the digestion of ilmenite. Theoretical and actual yields of waste byproducts per metric ton of TiO₂ produced are used to show the environmental and economic advantages of the sustainable sulfate process.     

Responses of marine benthic microalgae to elevated CO2

Increasing anthropogenic CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere are causing a rise in pCO₂ concentrations in the ocean surface and lowering pH. To predict the effects of these changes, we need to improve our understanding of the responses of marine primary producers since these drive biogeochemical cycles and profoundly affect the structure and function of benthic habitats. The effects of increasing CO₂ levels on the colonisation of artificial substrata by microalgal assemblages (periphyton) were examined across a CO₂ gradient off the volcanic island of Vulcano (NE Sicily). We show that periphyton communities altered significantly as CO₂ concentrations increased. CO₂ enrichment caused significant increases in chlorophyll a concentrations and in diatom abundance although we did not detect any changes in cyanobacteria. SEM analysis revealed major shifts in diatom assemblage composition as CO₂ levels increased. The responses of benthic microalgae to rising anthropogenic CO₂ emissions are likely to have significant ecological ramifications for coastal systems.     

Mineral carbonation using alkaline waste and byproducts to reduce CO2 emissions in Taiwan

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Climate change induced partly by emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) is an urgent issue worldwide, calling for advanced methods of carbon sequestration. Since...     

Tolerance of juvenile barnacles (Amphibalanus improvisus) to warming and elevated pCO2

We investigated the impacts of warming and elevated pCO₂ on newly settled Amphibalanus improvisus from Kiel Fjord, an estuarine ecosystem characterized by significant natural pCO₂ variability. In two experiments, juvenile barnacles were maintained at two temperature and three pCO₂ levels (20/24 °C, 700–2,140 μatm) for 8 weeks in a batch culture and at four pCO₂ levels (20 °C, 620–2,870 μatm) for 12 weeks in a water flow-through system. Warming as well as elevated pCO₂ hardly affected growth or the condition index of barnacles, although some factor combinations led to temporal significances in enhanced or reduced growth with an increase in pCO₂. While warming increased the shell strength of A. improvisus individuals, elevated pCO₂ had only weak effects. We demonstrate a strong tolerance of juvenile A. improvisus to mean acidification levels of about 1,000 μatm pCO₂ as is already naturally experienced by the investigated barnacle population.