Species-Specific Variations in the Nutritional Quality of Southern Ocean Phytoplankton in Response to Elevated pCO2

Species-Specific Variations in the Nutritional Quality of Southern Ocean Phytoplankton in Response to Elevated pCO2

Increased seawater pCO2 has the potential to alter phytoplankton biochemistry, which in turn may negatively affect the nutritional quality of phytoplankton as food for grazers. Our aim was to identify how Antarctic phytoplankton, Pyramimonas gelidicola, Phaeocystis antarctica, and Gymnodinium sp., r...

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Main Authors: Cathryn Wynn-Edwards, Rob King, Andrew Davidson, Simon Wright, Peter D. Nichols, Simon Wotherspoon, So Kawaguchi, Patti Virtue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
Antarctic phytoplankton
biochemical changes
polyunsaturated fatty acids
nutritional quality
ocean acidification
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/6/6/1840

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