Community composition has greater impact on the functioning of marine phytoplankton communities than ocean acidification

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 713-723

  Eggers, Sarah L ^a   Lewandowska, Aleksandra M ^a,c   Barcelos e Ramos, Joana ^b   Blanco Ameijeiras, Sonia ^b,d   Gallo, Francesca ^b   Matthiessen, Birte ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Azores; Biomass; Climate change; Community composition; Diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Ocean acidification; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA;

AZORES; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 84893675845     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12421     Document Type: Article

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