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dc.contributor.authorAllen, RJ
dc.contributor.authorSummerfield, TC
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, BP
dc.contributor.authorAgostini, S
dc.contributor.authorRastrick, SPS
dc.contributor.authorHall-Spencer, Jason
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, LJ
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T15:26:27Z
dc.date.available2021-09-20T15:26:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.identifier.issn2666-9005
dc.identifier.issn2666-9005
dc.identifier.other100017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/17883
dc.description.abstract

Biofilms harbour a wealth of microbial diversity and fulfil key functions in coastal marine ecosystems. Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) conditions affect the structure and function of biofilm communities, yet the ecological patterns that underpin these effects remain unknown. We used high-throughput sequencing of the 16S and 18S rRNA genes to investigate the effect of elevated CO2 on the early successional stages of prokaryotic and eukaryotic biofilms at a CO2 seep system off Shikine Island, Japan. Elevated CO2 profoundly affected biofilm community composition throughout the early stages of succession, leading to greater compositional homogeneity between replicates and the proliferation of the potentially harmful algae Prymnesium sp. and Biddulphia biddulphiana. Species turnover was the main driver of differences between communities in reference and high CO2 conditions, rather than differences in richness or evenness. Our study indicates that species turnover is the primary ecological pattern that underpins the effect of elevated CO2 on both prokaryotic and eukaryotic components of biofilm communities, indicating that elevated CO2 conditions represent a distinct niche selecting for a distinct cohort of organisms without the loss of species richness.

dc.format.extent100017-100017
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.titleSpecies turnover underpins the effect of elevated CO2 on biofilm communities through early succession
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.volume2
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalClimate Change Ecology
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100017
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/PRIMaRE Publications
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-07-12
dc.rights.embargodate2021-9-22
dc.identifier.eissn2666-9005
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100017
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-12
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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