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Plum, Christoph; Gerhard, Miriam; Smykala, Mike (2024): Log response ratio of specific growth rates of Antarctic phytoplankton in monocultures versus mixed cultures in response to temperature and nitrogen:phosphorus supply interactions [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.971328 (DOI registration in progress), In: Plum, C et al. (2024): Growth rate, carrying capacity and stoichiometry of Antarctic phytoplankton in response to temperature and nitrogen:phosphorus supply interactions [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971329

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Abstract:
Data were obtained from a laboratory growth experiment conducted from April to May 2021 at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (University of Oldenburg). Three Antarctic phytoplankton species (Chaetoceros simplex, Phaeocystis antarctica (single cell culture) and Geminigera cryophila) were grown in monocultures and a mixture of all three species. We used a factorial design including four different N/P treatments (control plus three different N/P levels) and 10 different temperatures (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10°C). The detailed experimental setup is explained in doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.971329. Differences in growth rates of the individual species between monocultures and the assemblage were assessed by comparing their specific growth rates. Therefore, the biovolume of single species in the mixture was transformed to optical density (OD) based on biovolume-OD calibrations, and specific growth rates were calculated for each species in monoculture and the mixture as the regression between the start conditions and the exponential growth phase using the formula ln(Nt/N0)/t) were N0 is the OD at the start of the experiment and Nt the OD at the exponential growth phase of the mixture. In order to evaluate the effect size of the temperature and nutrient treatments on the differences in the specific growth rate of the individual species between monocultures and in the mixed assemblage, we calculated a log response ratio for each species and treatment as ln(µmix/µmono). Positive deviations from 0 indicate higher species-specific growth in the assemblage compared to the monoculture. Negative deviations from 0, in turn, indicate higher specific growth rates in monocultures.
Keyword(s):
Diatom; ecological stoichiometry; Geminigera cryophila; Laboratory experiment; Nitrogen; Phaeocystis antarctica; Phosphorus; Southern Ocean; Temperature
Supplement to:
Smykala, Mike; Gerhard, Miriam; Plum, Christoph (submitted): Nutrient-dependent thermal response in growth and stoichiometry of Antarctic phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 442927665: Altered stoichiometry and species interactions in coastal Antarctic plankton communities under global climate change
Comment:
The experiment started at 2021-04-02T10:00 and ended at 2021-05-19T12:00 .
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Type of studyStudy typePlum, Christoph
2Species, unique identificationSpecies UIDPlum, Christoph
3Species, unique identification (Semantic URI)Species UID (Semantic URI)Plum, Christoph
4Species, unique identification (URI)Species UID (URI)Plum, Christoph
5CultureCulturePlum, Christoph
6Time in daysTimedaysPlum, Christoph
7Treatment: temperatureT:temp°CPlum, Christoph
8Treatment: Nitrogen/Phosphorus ratioT:N/PPlum, Christophmolar N:P supply
9Experimental treatmentExp treatPlum, Christoph"P addition", "N addition", "N and P addition", Control
10Treatment: nitrogenT: Nµmol/lPlum, ChristophNitrogen supply
11Treatment: phosphorusT: Pµmol/lPlum, ChristophPhosphorus supply
12ReplicateReplPlum, Christoph
13Abundance per volumeAbund v#/mlPlum, ChristophInverted microscope, Leica, DMILcells per ml
14BiovolumeBiovolµm3/mlPlum, ChristophCalculated
15Optical density at 440 nmOD440Plum, ChristophOD of monocultures was measured using a microplate reader (Biotek, USA) and OD in mixed cultures was calculated based on calibrations from cell numbers and biovolume.
16Growth rateµ1/dayPlum, ChristophCalculatedspecific growth rate, OD-based
17Log response ratio, specific growth rate in mono versus mixed cultureLRR µ mono vs µ mixPlum, ChristophCalculatedLRR1
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
14659 data points

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