Comment on “The complex effects of ocean acidification on the prominent N 2 -fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium ”
Hong et al . (Reports, 5 May 2017, p. 527) suggested that previous studies of the biogeochemically significant marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium showing increased growth and nitrogen fixation at projected future high CO 2 levels suffered from ammonia or copper toxicity. They reported that these ra...
Published in: | Science |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2017
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0067 https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.aao0067 |
Summary: | Hong et al . (Reports, 5 May 2017, p. 527) suggested that previous studies of the biogeochemically significant marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium showing increased growth and nitrogen fixation at projected future high CO 2 levels suffered from ammonia or copper toxicity. They reported that these rates instead decrease at high CO 2 when contamination is alleviated. We present and discuss results of multiple published studies refuting this toxicity hypothesis. |
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