[A-CG43] 沿岸海洋生態系──２．サンゴ礁・藻場・マングローブ

[ACG43-P02] アマモ葉上群集食物網における海洋酸性化応答の検出の試み

*宮島 利宏¹、佐藤 允昭^2,3、堀 正和² (1.東京大学　大気海洋研究所　海洋地球システム研究系　生元素動態分野、2.水産研究・教育機構　瀬戸内海区水産研究所、3.水産研究・教育機構　水産工学研究所)

キーワード：海洋酸性化、海草藻場、食物網

For detecting and quantifying influence of acidified ocean on trophic transfer and turnover rates in food webs, a deuterium (²H)-based pulse-and-chase experiment combined with carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotope mapping was developed and applied to the epifaunal community of eelgrass meadows in outdoor experimental aquaria. At first, primary producers such as seagrass (Zostera marina) and epiphytic microalgae were labeled with ²H by a short-term incubation in ²H₂O-enriched seawater under natural light conditions. Then, the labeled primary producers were washed vigorously with natural seawater, and transferred to mesocosms with running natural seawater preadjusted to various pH. Macrobenthic consumers such as crustaceans and molluscs were introduced in the mesocosms and incubated for 1 month under natural light conditions. Light intensity, pH, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen were continuously monitored throughout incubation. Subsamples of primary producers, consumers, and accumulated detritus were collected periodically, freeze-dried, and analyzed for hydrogen, C, and N isotopic ratios. Trophic transfer rate was evaluated by comparing the ²H enrichment between the primary producers and the consumers. Because ²H enrichment did not disturb natural abundance of C and N isotopes, the trophic position of each consumer could be assessed by conventional C-N isotope ratio mapping. A preliminary experiment was also performed in which primary producers were labeled with multiple tracers of ²H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N, to compare uptake and translocation processes within the seagrass and trophic transfer to consumers between these elements. In this presentation, we show results from two different acidification experiments, and discuss appropriate data analysis methods.