Contrasting effects of rising CO2 on primary production and ecological stoichiometry at different nutrient levels

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 951-960

  Verspagen, Jolanda M H ^a   Van de Waal, Dedmer B ^a,b   Finke, Jan F ^a,c   Visser, Petra M ^a   Huisman, Jef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Elemental stoichiometry; Eutrophication; Global change; Harmful algal blooms; Lakes; Microcystis aeruginosa; Nutrient limitation; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ELEMENTAL STOICHIOMETRY; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; LAKE; LETTER; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITION; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEMENTAL STOICHIOMETRY; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; LAKES; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCYSTIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903747540     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12298     Document Type: Article

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