Enhanced silica export in a future ocean triggers global diatom decline

J Taucher, LT Bach, AEF Prowe, T Boxhammer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Diatoms account for up to 40% of marine primary production, and require silicic acid to grow
and build their opal shell. On the physiological and ecological level, diatoms are thought to …

Laboratory experiments in ocean alkalinity enhancement research

MD Iglesias-Rodríguez, REM Rickaby… - State of the Planet …, 2023 - sp.copernicus.org
Recent concern about the consequences of continuing increases in atmospheric CO 2 as a
key heat-trapping agent (USGCRP, 2017; IPCC, 2021) have prompted ocean experts to …

Simulated ocean acidification reveals winners and losers in coastal phytoplankton

LT Bach, S Alvarez-Fernandez, T Hornick, A Stuhr… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The oceans absorb~ 25% of the annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This causes a shift
in the marine carbonate chemistry termed ocean acidification (OA). OA is expected to …

[HTML][HTML] effects on diatoms: a synthesis of more than a decade of ocean acidification experiments with natural communities

LT Bach, J Taucher - Ocean Science, 2019 - os.copernicus.org
Diatoms account for up to 50% of marine primary production and are considered to be key
players in the biological carbon pump. Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to affect diatoms …

Phytoplankton blooms at increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide: experimental evidence for negative effects on prymnesiophytes and positive on small …

KG Schulz, LT Bach, RGJ Bellerby… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the ongoing accumulation in the
surface ocean together with concomitantly decreasing pH and calcium carbonate saturation …

Nutrient composition (Si: N) as driver of plankton communities during artificial upwelling

SU Goldenberg, J Taucher… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Artificial upwelling brings nutrient-rich deep water to the sun-lit surface to boost fisheries or
carbon sequestration. Deep water sources under consideration range widely in inorganic …

Influence of Ocean Acidification and Deep Water Upwelling on Oligotrophic Plankton Communities in the Subtropical North Atlantic: Insights from an In situ Mesocosm …

J Taucher, LT Bach, T Boxhammer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) causes pronounced shifts in marine
carbonate chemistry and a decrease in seawater pH. Increasing evidence indicates that …

Influence of ocean acidification on a natural winter-to-summer plankton succession: first insights from a long-term mesocosm study draw attention to periods of low …

LT Bach, J Taucher, T Boxhammer, A Ludwig… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Every year, the oceans absorb about 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) leading to
a re-equilibration of the marine carbonate system and decreasing seawater pH. Today, there …

Effects of Elevated CO2 on a Natural Diatom Community in the Subtropical NE Atlantic

LT Bach, N Hernández-Hernández… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Diatoms are silicifying phytoplankton contributing about one quarter to primary production
on Earth. Ocean acidification (OA) could alter the competitiveness of diatoms relative to …

Extreme levels of ocean acidification restructure the plankton community and biogeochemistry of a temperate coastal ecosystem: A mesocosm study

C Spisla, J Taucher, LT Bach, M Haunost… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The oceans' uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) decreases seawater pH and
alters the inorganic carbon speciation–summarized in the term ocean acidification (OA) …