esci 491: eelgrass community function and response to sulfide fish team: brian maskal, mattie...
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ESCI 491: Eelgrass community function and
response to sulfideFish Team: Brian Maskal, Mattie Michalek, Elizabeth Orta
Photosynthesis and alkalinity team: Jennifer Dunham and Chloe NelsonSulfide and eelgrass distribution team: Angela Gossom, Sean Wu, Matthew Kneipp
Sulfur in leaf and root team: Jennifer Hartke, Rachel Blyth
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Eelgrass as fish habitat
Questions: • Which species of fish depend upon
eelgrass habitat?• Do juvenile salmon use eelgrass as
habitat?Methodology:• Sample Site: Mud Bay, Bellingham, WA• Seined in eelgrass and non-eelgrass sites
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Fish species observed
Steelhead Trout Coho Salmon Shiner Perch Spine Stickleback
Tidepool Sculpins Starry Flounder Snake Prickle-back Bay Pipefish
Cabazone Sculpins Crabs Pacific Staghorn Hermit Crabs
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Shrimp English Sole Fish
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Juvenile salmonids• Eelgrass site 1: 1 Coho• Eelgrass site 2: 1 Coho• Non-eelgrass site 1: 1 Steelhead• Non-eelgrass site 2 (in cove): 0 salmonids
Salmonids found in eelgrass and non-eelgrass habitats.
Coho only found in eelgrass bedsOn average, more species and more individual fish
observed in eelgrass bedsVery small sample size
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Eelgrass photosynthesis, oxygen, and alkalinity production
Questions:• What is the rate of net
photosynthesis in eelgrass?• How does the presence of eelgrass
affect alkalinity production?Methods• Incubated sediment cores with and
without eelgrass• Measured dissolved oxygen, DIC, and
alkalinity over time
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Observations – Dissolved oxygen increased
Eelgrass Sediment
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.00
5
10
15
20
25
30
E1E2E3E4
Incubation time (d)
Diss
olve
d ox
ygen
(mg/
l)
0.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.002468
10121416
C1C2C3C4
Incubation time (d)
Diss
olve
d ox
ygen
(mg/
l)
Day Night Day Night
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Observations – DIC decreased
Eelgrass Sediment
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.01000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2200
C1C2C3C4
Incubation time (d)
DIC
(μM
)
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.01000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2200
E1E2E3E4
Incubation time (d)
DIC
(μM
)
Net photosynthesis rate: 3 mg C shoot-1 d-1, or 0.1 g C m-2 d-1
Day Night Day Night
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Observations – Alkalinity flux
Not much change in alkalinity
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.01800
1850
1900
1950
2000
2050
2100
2150
2200
C1
C2
E1
E3
Incubation time (d)
Alka
linity
(μm
ol k
g-1)
Day Night
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Relationship between eelgrass density and pore water sulfide
Questions:• How does eelgrass density vary with
pore water sulfide concentration?Methods• Sampled eelgrass in two locations:
Padilla Bay and Hood Canal• Measured pore water sulfide: Used
sippers to sample, preserved samples in SAOB, measured sulfide using an ion-selective electrode
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Results – Eelgrass vs. sulfide inventory Padilla Bay
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Results – Eelgrass vs. sulfide inventory Hood Canal
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Sulfur in eelgrass leaves and roots
Questions:• Does S in eelgrass reflect pore
water sulfide, eelgrass density, or water-column oxygen?
Methods:• Collected eelgrass leaves and
roots from Padilla Bay and Hood Canal• Measured S using an elemental
analyze
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Results: Average %S and eelgrass density
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Results: %S in leaves vs. pore water sulfide
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.250
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
Hood Canal
padilla Bay
Pore water sulfide at 3 cm (µM)
Sulfu
r in
leav
es (%
)
Not plotted – one data point from Hood Canal at 0.9 %S
0.9%
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Results: Eelgrass density vs. %S in leaves
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Summary and interesting observations• Lots of fish in the Chuckanut Bay eelgrass beds but few salmonids• Rates of photosynthesis derived from DIC measurements similar to
rates determined by 14C.• Eelgrass does not have a large affect on alkalinity production• Eelgrass density does not vary with pore water sulfide, nor does
sulfide intrusion into leaves in Padilla Bay and Hood Canal• One shoot in Hood Canal had very high levels of S in leaves – What
conditions lead to sulfide intrusion?