Ecological impacts of photosynthetic light harvesting in changing aquatic environments: A systematic literature map.

ABSTRACT: Underwater light is spatially as well as temporally variable and directly affects phytoplankton growth and competition. Here we systematically (following the guidelines of PRISMA-EcoEvo) searched and screened the published literature resulting in 640 individual articles. We mapped the conducted research for the objectives of (1) phytoplankton fundamental responses to light, (2) effects of light on the competition between phytoplankton species, and (3) effects of climate-change-induced changes in the light availability in aquatic ecosystems. Among the fundamental responses of phytoplankton to light, the effects of light intensity (quantity, as measure of total photon or energy flux) were investigated in most identified studies. The effects of the light spectrum (quality) that via species-sp

SUBMITTER: Hintz NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature