Two Wrongs Make a Right: High Salinity and Low Light Intensity Protects Polar Algae from Heat Stress

• Main Author: Osmers, Pomona
• Other Authors: Cvetkovska, Marina
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
• Subjects: climate change; algae; polar; psychrophiles; Arctic; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/45640; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-29844

The world is dominated by cold environments that include the poles, the deep ocean, and alpine regions. Polar algae support the aquatic food chain and are increasingly threatened by climate change. With a changing climate, ice cover is decreasing with increased temperatures, leading to changes in li...