Ocean acidification and rising temperatures may increase biofilm primary productivity but decrease grazer consumption

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Russell, B., Connell, S., Findlay, H., Tait, K., Widdicombe, S., Mieszkowska, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Soc London 2013
• Subjects: primary productivity; biofilm; grazing; climate change; ocean acidification; physiological performance; Findlay; Tait; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/79827; https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0438

Climate change may cause ecosystems to become trophically restructured as a result of primary producers and consumers responding differently to increasing CO2 and temperature. This study used an integrative approach using a controlled microcosm experiment to investigate the combined effects of CO2 a...