Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato?
Global warming has revitalized interest in the relationship between body size and temperature, proposed by Bergmann's rule 150 years ago, one of the oldest manifestations of a ‘biogeography of traits’. We review biogeographic evidence, results from clonal cultures and recent micro- and mesocosm...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:31940 2023-05-15T17:50:50+02:00 Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato? Sommer, Ulrich Peter, Kalista Higini Genitsaris, Savvas Moustaka-Gouni, Maria 2017-05 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31940/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31940/1/brv12266.pdf https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12266 en eng Cambridge Philosophical Society https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31940/1/brv12266.pdf Sommer, U., Peter, K. H., Genitsaris, S. and Moustaka-Gouni, M. (2017) Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato?. Open Access Biological Reviews, 92 (2). pp. 1011-1026. DOI 10.1111/brv.12266 <https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12266>. doi:10.1111/brv.12266 cc_by_nc_nd_4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12266 2023-04-07T15:24:35Z Global warming has revitalized interest in the relationship between body size and temperature, proposed by Bergmann's rule 150 years ago, one of the oldest manifestations of a ‘biogeography of traits’. We review biogeographic evidence, results from clonal cultures and recent micro- and mesocosm experiments with naturally mixed phytoplankton communities regarding the response of phytoplankton body size to temperature, either as a single factor or in combination with other factors such as grazing, nutrient limitation, and ocean acidification. Where possible, we also focus on the comparison between intraspecific size shifts and size shifts resulting from changes in species composition. Taken together, biogeographic evidence, community-level experiments and single-species experiments indicate that phytoplankton average cell sizes tend to become smaller in warmer waters, although temperature is not necessarily the proximate environmental factor driving size shifts. Indirect effects via nutrient supply and grazing are important and often dominate. In a substantial proportion of field studies, resource availability is seen as the only factor of relevance. Interspecific size effects are greater than intraspecific effects. Direct temperature effects tend to be exacerbated by indirect ones, if warming leads to intensified nutrient limitation or copepod grazing while ocean acidification tends to counteract the temperature effect on cell size in non-calcifying phytoplankton. We discuss the implications of the temperature-related size trends in a global-warming context, based on known functional traits associated with phytoplankton size. These are a higher affinity for nutrients of smaller cells, highest maximal growth rates of moderately small phytoplankton (ca. 102 µm3), size-related sensitivities for different types of grazers, and impacts on sinking rates. For a phytoplankton community increasingly dominated by smaller algae we predict that: (i) a higher proportion of primary production will be respired within the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Biological Reviews 92 2 1011 1026 |
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Global warming has revitalized interest in the relationship between body size and temperature, proposed by Bergmann's rule 150 years ago, one of the oldest manifestations of a ‘biogeography of traits’. We review biogeographic evidence, results from clonal cultures and recent micro- and mesocosm experiments with naturally mixed phytoplankton communities regarding the response of phytoplankton body size to temperature, either as a single factor or in combination with other factors such as grazing, nutrient limitation, and ocean acidification. Where possible, we also focus on the comparison between intraspecific size shifts and size shifts resulting from changes in species composition. Taken together, biogeographic evidence, community-level experiments and single-species experiments indicate that phytoplankton average cell sizes tend to become smaller in warmer waters, although temperature is not necessarily the proximate environmental factor driving size shifts. Indirect effects via nutrient supply and grazing are important and often dominate. In a substantial proportion of field studies, resource availability is seen as the only factor of relevance. Interspecific size effects are greater than intraspecific effects. Direct temperature effects tend to be exacerbated by indirect ones, if warming leads to intensified nutrient limitation or copepod grazing while ocean acidification tends to counteract the temperature effect on cell size in non-calcifying phytoplankton. We discuss the implications of the temperature-related size trends in a global-warming context, based on known functional traits associated with phytoplankton size. These are a higher affinity for nutrients of smaller cells, highest maximal growth rates of moderately small phytoplankton (ca. 102 µm3), size-related sensitivities for different types of grazers, and impacts on sinking rates. For a phytoplankton community increasingly dominated by smaller algae we predict that: (i) a higher proportion of primary production will be respired within the ... |
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Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato? |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31940/1/brv12266.pdf Sommer, U., Peter, K. H., Genitsaris, S. and Moustaka-Gouni, M. (2017) Do marine phytoplankton follow Bergmann's rule sensu lato?. Open Access Biological Reviews, 92 (2). pp. 1011-1026. DOI 10.1111/brv.12266 <https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12266>. doi:10.1111/brv.12266 |
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