Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification
Although oceanwarming and acidification are recognized as two major anthropogenic perturbations of today’s oceanswe know very little about how marine phytoplankton may respond via evolutionary change. We tested for adaptation to ocean warming in combination with ocean acidification in the globally i...
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ftopenagrar:oai:www.openagrar.de:timport_mods_00037441 2023-05-15T17:50:10+02:00 Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification Schlüter, Lothar Lohbeck, Kai T. Gutowska, Magdalena A. Gröger, Joachim Paul Riebesell, Ulf Reusch, Thorsten B. 2014 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2379 https://www.openagrar.de/receive/timport_mods_00037441 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/timport_derivate_00037441/dn053841.pdf eng eng Nature climate change -- 1758-678x -- 2614383-5 https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2379 https://www.openagrar.de/receive/timport_mods_00037441 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/timport_derivate_00037441/dn053841.pdf only signed in user info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Text article Text 2014 ftopenagrar https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2379 2023-03-06T00:04:02Z Although oceanwarming and acidification are recognized as two major anthropogenic perturbations of today’s oceanswe know very little about how marine phytoplankton may respond via evolutionary change. We tested for adaptation to ocean warming in combination with ocean acidification in the globally important phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi. Temperature adaptation occurred independently of ocean acidification levels. Growth rateswere up to 16% higher in populations adapted for one year to warming when assayed at their upper thermal tolerance limit. Particulate inorganic (PIC) and organic (POC) carbon production was restored to values under present-day ocean conditions, owing to adaptive evolution, and were 101% and 55% higher under combined warming and acidification, respectively, than in non-adapted controls. Cells also evolved to a smaller size while they recovered their initial PIC:POC ratio even under elevated CO2. The observed changes in coccolithophore growth, calcite and biomass production, cell size and elemental composition demonstrate the importance of evolutionary processes for phytoplankton performance in a future ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification OpenAgrar (OA) Nature Climate Change 4 11 1024 1030 |
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Although oceanwarming and acidification are recognized as two major anthropogenic perturbations of today’s oceanswe know very little about how marine phytoplankton may respond via evolutionary change. We tested for adaptation to ocean warming in combination with ocean acidification in the globally important phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi. Temperature adaptation occurred independently of ocean acidification levels. Growth rateswere up to 16% higher in populations adapted for one year to warming when assayed at their upper thermal tolerance limit. Particulate inorganic (PIC) and organic (POC) carbon production was restored to values under present-day ocean conditions, owing to adaptive evolution, and were 101% and 55% higher under combined warming and acidification, respectively, than in non-adapted controls. Cells also evolved to a smaller size while they recovered their initial PIC:POC ratio even under elevated CO2. The observed changes in coccolithophore growth, calcite and biomass production, cell size and elemental composition demonstrate the importance of evolutionary processes for phytoplankton performance in a future ocean. |
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Schlüter, Lothar Lohbeck, Kai T. Gutowska, Magdalena A. Gröger, Joachim Paul Riebesell, Ulf Reusch, Thorsten B. |
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Schlüter, Lothar Lohbeck, Kai T. Gutowska, Magdalena A. Gröger, Joachim Paul Riebesell, Ulf Reusch, Thorsten B. |
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Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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Adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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adaptation of a globally important coccolithophore to ocean warming and acidification |
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