Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

An integrated multiple driver mesocosm experiment reveals the effect of global change on planktonic food web structure

  • Hugo Duarte Moreno,
  • Martin Köring,
  • Julien Di Pane,
  • Nelly Tremblay,
  • Karen H. Wiltshire,
  • Maarten Boersma,
  • Cédric L. Meunier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03105-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Climate model-informed experiments indicate that marine plankton food webs may be restructured in the future. There exists a tipping point where a crucial plankton community structure changes under increased nitrogen to phosphorous ratios, pCO2 and temperature.