Phytoplankton adapt to changing ocean environments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5762-5766

  Irwin, Andrew J ^a   Finkel, Zoe V ^a   Müller Karger, Frank E ^b   Ghinaglia, Luis Troccoli ^c  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evolution; Phytoplankton; Realized niches

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ADAPTATION; CARIBBEAN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VENEZUELA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84928911762     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414752112     Document Type: Article

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