Sentences with phrase «by plankton community»
Mesocosm experiments found that when atmospheric CO2 was increased, primary production by plankton community consumed 39 % more DIC.
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In this study we combined results from various in - situ mesocosm studies in two different ocean regions (Arctic and temperate waters) to reveal general patterns of plankton community shifts in response to OA and how these changes are modulated by inorganic nutrient availability.
At the start of the experiment in late September, the conditions were truly oligotrophic: «The nutrient concentrations were hardly above the detection limit, and the plankton community was dominated by tiny algal cells and microzooplankton species.
But plankton communities produce more organic carbon than CaCO3, by a factor of 4 to 10 or so (the exact number is not well known).
Most climate change scenarios foresee a shift or expansion of the ranges of many species of plankton, fish and invertebrates towards higher latitudes, by tens of kilometres per decade, contributing to changes in species richness and altered community composition.
...... Planktos will sprinkle iron dust around a 100 kilometer by 100 kilometer zone of open ocean and Coleman predicts the plankton community will mature within six months.