Why marine phytoplankton calcify
Calcifying marine phytoplanktoncoccolithophores are some of the most successful yet enigmatic organisms in the ocean and are at risk from global change. To better understand how they will be affected, we need to know why coccolithophores calcify. We review coccolithophorid evolutionary history and c...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:133572 2023-05-15T17:51:04+02:00 Why marine phytoplankton calcify Monteiro, FM Bach, LT Brownlee, C Bown, P Rickaby, REM Poulton, AJ Tyrrell, T Beaufort, L Dutkiewicz, S Gibbs, S Gutowska, MA Lee, R Riebesell, U Young, J Ridgwell, A 2016 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501822 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453937 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133572 en eng Science Advances http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133572/1/133572 - Why marine phytoplankton calcify.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501822 Monteiro, FM and Bach, LT and Brownlee, C and Bown, P and Rickaby, REM and Poulton, AJ and Tyrrell, T and Beaufort, L and Dutkiewicz, S and Gibbs, S and Gutowska, MA and Lee, R and Riebesell, U and Young, J and Ridgwell, A, Why marine phytoplankton calcify, Science Advances, 7, (2) pp. e1501822. ISSN 2375-2548 (2016) [Substantial Review] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453937 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133572 Earth Sciences Oceanography Biological Oceanography Substantial Review NonPeerReviewed 2016 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501822 2019-12-13T22:31:18Z Calcifying marine phytoplanktoncoccolithophores are some of the most successful yet enigmatic organisms in the ocean and are at risk from global change. To better understand how they will be affected, we need to know why coccolithophores calcify. We review coccolithophorid evolutionary history and cell biology as well as insights from recent experiments to provide a critical assessment of the costs and benefits of calcification. We conclude that calcification has high energy demands and that coccolithophores might have calcified initially to reduce grazing pressure but that additional benefits such as protection from photodamage and viral/bacterial attack further explain their high diversity and broad spectrum ecology. The cost-benefit aspect of these traits is illustrated by novel ecosystem modeling, although conclusive observations remain limited. In the future ocean, the trade-off between changing ecological and physiological costs of calcification and their benefits will ultimately decide how this important group is affected by ocean acidification and global warming. Text Ocean acidification eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Science Advances 2 7 e1501822 |
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Calcifying marine phytoplanktoncoccolithophores are some of the most successful yet enigmatic organisms in the ocean and are at risk from global change. To better understand how they will be affected, we need to know why coccolithophores calcify. We review coccolithophorid evolutionary history and cell biology as well as insights from recent experiments to provide a critical assessment of the costs and benefits of calcification. We conclude that calcification has high energy demands and that coccolithophores might have calcified initially to reduce grazing pressure but that additional benefits such as protection from photodamage and viral/bacterial attack further explain their high diversity and broad spectrum ecology. The cost-benefit aspect of these traits is illustrated by novel ecosystem modeling, although conclusive observations remain limited. In the future ocean, the trade-off between changing ecological and physiological costs of calcification and their benefits will ultimately decide how this important group is affected by ocean acidification and global warming. |
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