Marine phytoplankton temperature versus growth responses from polar to tropical waters--outcome of a scientific community-wide study.

ABSTRACT: "It takes a village to finish (marine) science these days" Paraphrased from Curtis Huttenhower (the Human Microbiome project) The rapidity and complexity of climate change and its potential effects on ocean biota are challenging how ocean scientists conduct research. One way in which we can begin to better tackle these challenges is to conduct community-wide scientific studies. This study provides physiological datasets fundamental to understanding functional responses of phytoplankton growth rates to temperature. While physiological experiments are not new, our experiments were conducted in many laboratories using agreed upon protocols and 25 strains of eukaryotic and prokaryotic phytoplankton isolated across a wide range of marine environments from polar to tropical, and from nearshore w

SUBMITTER: Boyd PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3660375 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature