Responses of primary productivity to increased temperature and phytoplankton diversity

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-93

  Lewandowska, Aleksandra M ^a   Breithaupt, Petra ^b   Hillebrand, Helmut ^c   Hoppe, Hans Georg ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^d   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate Warming; Diversity; Mesocosm; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; MESOCOSM; META-ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84863868591     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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