Biogeochemical extremes and compound events in the ocean

N Gruber, PW Boyd, TL Frölicher, M Vogt - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ocean is warming, losing oxygen and being acidified, primarily as a result of
anthropogenic carbon emissions. With ocean warming, acidification and deoxygenation …

Oxygen dynamics in marine productive ecosystems at ecologically relevant scales

F Giomi, A Barausse, A Steckbauer, D Daffonchio… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The decline of dissolved oxygen in the oceans could be detrimental to marine life and
biogeochemical cycles. However, predicting future oxygen availability with models that …

Limited plasticity in thermally tolerant ectotherm populations: evidence for a trade-off

JM Barley, BS Cheng, M Sasaki… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many species face extinction risks owing to climate change, and there is an urgent need to
identify which species' populations will be most vulnerable. Plasticity in heat tolerance …

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

RM Prather, RM Dalton, B Barr… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The timing of life events (phenology) can be influenced by climate. Studies from around the
world tell us that climate cues and species' responses can vary greatly. If variation in climate …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal specialization drives divergent population dynamics in two closely related butterflies

L Von Schmalensee, P Caillault… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Seasons impose different selection pressures on organisms through contrasting
environmental conditions. How such seasonal evolutionary conflict is resolved in organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Water physicochemical factors and oxidative stress physiology in fish, a review

SV Menon, A Kumar, SK Middha, B Paital… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fish are among the best-studied aquatic animals due to their economic and ecological
values. Fish meat is the most affordable protein source for the economically weaker section …

Thermal performance under constant temperatures can accurately predict insect development times across naturally variable microclimates

L von Schmalensee, K Hulda Gunnarsdóttir… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
External conditions can drive biological rates in ectotherms by directly influencing body
temperatures. While estimating the temperature dependence of performance traits such as …

Effects of thermal fluctuations on biological processes: a meta-analysis of experiments manipulating thermal variability

MA Slein, JR Bernhardt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermal variability is a key driver of ecological processes, affecting organisms and
populations across multiple temporal scales. Despite the ubiquity of variation, biologists lack …

Light cues induce protective anticipation of environmental water loss in terrestrial bacteria

BM Hatfield, B LaSarre, M Liu, H Dong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The ecological significance of light perception in nonphotosynthetic bacteria remains largely
elusive. In terrestrial environments, diurnal oscillations in light are often temporally coupled …

Schindler's legacy: from eutrophic lakes to the phosphorus utilization strategies of cyanobacteria

M Xiao, MA Burford, SA Wood, L Aubriot… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
David Schindler and his colleagues pioneered studies in the 1970s on the role of
phosphorus in stimulating cyanobacterial blooms in North American lakes. Our …