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In situ mesocosm experiments on the effect of ocean acidification (OA) are an important tool for investigating potential OA - induced changes in
natural plankton communities.
Scientists of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel used so - called «indoor mesocosms» to mimic the future ocean in their laboratories: They transferred
the natural plankton community from the Kiel Fjord into twelve 1400 - liter tanks and brought them to two different temperatures and two different carbon dioxide concentrations.
In an experiment with organisms from the Kiel Fjord, a team of biologists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel demonstrated for the first time, that ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in
the natural plankton community.
Not exact matches
But we wanted to observe the
natural development of the
plankton ecosystem from the first productivity in late winter until summer, closely monitor the succession of the
plankton communities and follow how effects of ocean acidification are transmitted from one generation to the next,» Riebesell explains.