Dolan joined a group of scientists to study krill, a tiny crustacean that is critical to
the Southern Ocean food web.
Most laboratory studies suggest that higher carbon dioxide concentration leads to decreased calcification in coccolithophores, the tiny phytoplankton that contribute to the base of
Southern Ocean food webs.
Not exact matches
Phytoplankton, the
food of tiny krill, a key element in the
food web of the
southern oceans, will be equally affected by acidification.