Articles | Volume 12, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4185-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4185-2015
Research article
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15 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2015

Response of key stress-related genes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the vicinity of submarine volcanic vents

C. Lauritano, M. Ruocco, E. Dattolo, M. C. Buia, J. Silva, R. Santos, I. Olivé, M. M. Costa, and G. Procaccini

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The effects of two marine volcanic vents, utilized as proxy of ocean acidification and global changes, are studied at molecular level in P. oceanica (seagrass). Stress-related genes (antioxidants and HSP) were differently activated in the two sites, at comparable CO2 levels. Metal detoxification genes were mostly down-regulated. This suggests that plants face different types of stressors and that factors other than CO2 and acidification can cause stress to marine organisms near volcanic vents.
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