Long-term culture at elevated atmospheric CO2 fails to evoke specific adaptation in seven freshwater phytoplankton species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1754, 2013, Pages

  Low Décarie, Etienne ^a   Jewell, Mark D ^b   Fussmann, Gregor F ^a   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Drawdown; Experimental evolution; Functional group; Global change; Nutrient enrichment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOASSAY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84872244346     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2598     Document Type: Article

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