Future climate change is predicted to affect the microbiome and condition of habitat-forming kelp.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is driving global declines of marine habitat-forming species through physiological effects and through changes to ecological interactions, with projected trajectories for ocean warming and acidification likely to exacerbate such impacts in coming decades. Interactions between habitat-formers and their microbiomes are fundamental for host functioning and resilience, but how such relationships will change in future conditions is largely unknown. We investigated independent and interactive effects of warming and acidification on a large brown seaweed, the kelp Ecklonia radiata, and its associated microbiome in experimental mesocosms. Microbial communities were affected by warming and, during the first week, by acidification. During the second week, kelp developed disease-like s

SUBMITTER: Qiu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408609 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature