Marine phytoplankton and the changing ocean iron cycle

DA Hutchins, PW Boyd - Nature Climate Change, 2016 - nature.com
The availability of the micronutrient iron governs phytoplankton growth across much of the
ocean, but the global iron cycle is changing rapidly due to accelerating acidification …

Improving photosynthesis for algal biofuels: toward a green revolution

PG Stephenson, CM Moore, MJ Terry, MV Zubkov… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
Biofuels derived from marine algae are a potential source of sustainable energy that can
contribute to future global demands. The realisation of this potential will require …

Responses of marine primary producers to interactions between ocean acidification, solar radiation, and warming

K Gao, EW Helbling, DP Häder… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2012 - int-res.com
Anthropogenic CO 2 is accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping reflected infrared
radiation, resulting in warming of both terrestrial and ocean ecosystems. At the same time …

The ecology, biogeochemistry, and optical properties of coccolithophores

WM Balch - Annual review of marine science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Coccolithophores are major contributors to phytoplankton communities and ocean
biogeochemistry and are strong modulators of the optical field in the sea. New discoveries …

Ocean acidification slows nitrogen fixation and growth in the dominant diazotroph Trichodesmium under low-iron conditions

D Shi, SA Kranz, JM Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Dissolution of anthropogenic CO2 increases the partial pressure of CO2 (p CO2) and
decreases the pH of seawater. The rate of Fe uptake by the dominant N2-fixing …

Rising CO2 Interacts with Growth Light and Growth Rate to Alter Photosystem II Photoinactivation of the Coastal Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

G Li, DA Campbell - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We studied the interactive effects of pCO2 and growth light on the coastal marine diatom
Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP 1335 growing under ambient and expected end-of-the …

The effect of pH on the uptake of zinc and cadmium in marine phytoplankton: Possible role of weak complexes

Y Xu, D Shi, L Aristilde… - Limnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In natural samples from the New Jersey coast and the Gulf of Alaska, zinc (Zn) and cadmium
(Cd) uptake rates by phytoplankton decreased on average about 30% as pH was decreased …

Diatom transcriptional and physiological responses to changes in iron bioavailability across ocean provinces

NR Cohen, KA Ellis, RH Lampe, H McNair… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Changes in iron (Fe) bioavailability influence diatom physiology and community
composition, and thus have a profound impact on primary productivity and ecosystem …

Antarctic phytoplankton down-regulate their carbon-concentrating mechanisms under high CO2 with no change in growth rates

JN Young, SA Kranz, JAL Goldman, PD Tortell… - Marine Ecology …, 2015 - int-res.com
High-latitude oceans, in particular the coastal Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region of
the Southern Ocean, are experiencing a rapidly changing environment due to rising surface …

Effect of elevated CO2 on organic matter pools and fluxes in a summer Baltic Sea plankton community

AJ Paul, LT Bach, KG Schulz, T Boxhammer… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Ocean acidification is expected to influence plankton community structure and
biogeochemical element cycles. To date, the response of plankton communities to elevated …