Influence of rising atmospheric CO 2 concentration on removal of total organic carbon in seawater by sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis
XU Hui 1, LIU Hong-wen 1, AN Zong-fu 2, YUAN Cheng-yu 3,YAN Bin 4, DU Yin-xia 5, FU Wan-tao 2,6
1.Center of Environment Monitoring of Dalian, Dalian 116023, China; 2.College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China; 3. Institute of Ocean and Fisheries Science Research in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, China;4. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China; 5. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China; 6. Key Laboratory of Nearshore Marine Environmental Science and Technology of Liaoning Province’s University, Dalian 116023, China
Abstract: The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on removal of total organic carbon (TOC) in sterilized natural seawater (SNSW) by sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis were investigated at CO2 concentration of 387, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/L in a simulated ecological system. The TOC removal was shown to be 55.8% at CO2 concentration of 387 mg/L, 67.6% at CO2 concentration of 500 mg/L, 50.0% at CO2 concentration of 750 mg/L and 15.4% at CO2 concentration of 1000 mg/L at the initial TOC concentrations for 16 h. The average retention rate of TOC within 24 h was (1.90±0.20)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 387 mg/L, (2.13±0.06)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 500 mg/L, (1.69±0.08)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 750 mg/L, and (0.43±0.11)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 1000 mg/L. The average clearance rate of TOC within 24 h by the sponge was (0.025±0.002)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 387 mg/L, (0.033±0.001)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 500 mg/L, and (0.019±0.001)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 750 mg/L and (0.004±0.001)mg/(h·g fresh sponge) at CO2 concentration of 1000 mg/L. It was found that rising atmospheric CO2 concentration from 387 mg/L to 500 mg/L led to promote the retention rate of TOC. However, the rising atmospheric CO2 concentration to 750 mg/L resulted in suppression of the removal ability of TOC in SNSW ability, even no removal ability of TOC in SNSW ability, was observed at CO2 concentration of 1000 mg/L. The findings provide a few cognition of influence of rising atmospheric CO2 levels on filtering capacity of intertidal sponge, thus leading to ecological issues in coastal waters.
[J]. 大连海洋大学学报, 2015, 30(1): 79-84.
XU Hui , LIU Hong-wen , AN Zong-fu , YUAN Cheng-yu , YAN Bin , DU Yin-xia , FU Wan-tao , .
Influence of rising atmospheric CO 2 concentration on removal of total organic carbon in seawater by sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis
. Journal of Dalian Ocean University, 2015, 30(1): 79-84.