Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species

Climate change challenges plankton communities, but evolutionary adaptation could mitigate the potential impacts. Here, we tested with the phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi whether adaptation to a stressor under laboratory conditions leads to equivalent fitness gains in a more natural environm...

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Published in:Nature Ecology & Evolution
Main Authors: Bach, LT, Lohbeck, KT, Reusch, TBH, Riebesell, U
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
Subjects:
experimental evolution
phytoplankton
coccolithophore
ocean acidification
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/30919/
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spelling ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:30919 2023-05-15T17:50:25+02:00 Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species Bach, LT Lohbeck, KT Reusch, TBH Riebesell, U 2018 https://eprints.utas.edu.au/30919/ unknown Nature Publishing Group Bach, LT orcid:0000-0003-0202-3671 , Lohbeck, KT, Reusch, TBH and Riebesell, U 2018 , 'Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species' , Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2 , pp. 611-613 , doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0474-x <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0474-x>. experimental evolution phytoplankton coccolithophore ocean acidification Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0474-x 2021-09-13T22:20:09Z Climate change challenges plankton communities, but evolutionary adaptation could mitigate the potential impacts. Here, we tested with the phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi whether adaptation to a stressor under laboratory conditions leads to equivalent fitness gains in a more natural environment. We found that fitness advantages that had evolved under laboratory conditions were masked by pleiotropic effects in natural plankton communities. Moreover, new genotypes with highly variable competitive abilities evolved on timescales significantly shorter than climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 4 611 613
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phytoplankton
coccolithophore
ocean acidification
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phytoplankton
coccolithophore
ocean acidification
Bach, LT
Lohbeck, KT
Reusch, TBH
Riebesell, U
Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
topic_facet experimental evolution
phytoplankton
coccolithophore
ocean acidification
description Climate change challenges plankton communities, but evolutionary adaptation could mitigate the potential impacts. Here, we tested with the phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi whether adaptation to a stressor under laboratory conditions leads to equivalent fitness gains in a more natural environment. We found that fitness advantages that had evolved under laboratory conditions were masked by pleiotropic effects in natural plankton communities. Moreover, new genotypes with highly variable competitive abilities evolved on timescales significantly shorter than climate change.
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Lohbeck, KT
Reusch, TBH
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title Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
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title_full Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
title_fullStr Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
title_full_unstemmed Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
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