Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change is expected to lead to warming in ocean surface temperatures which will have unequal effects on the rates of photosynthesis and heterotrophy. As a result of this changing metabolic landscape, directional phenotypic evolution will occur, with implications that cascade up to the ecosystem level. While mixotrophic phytoplankton, organisms that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophy to meet their energetic and nutritional needs, are expected to become more heterotrophic with warmer temperatures due to heterotrophy increasing at a faster rate than photosynthesis, it is unclear how evolution will influence how these organisms respond to warmer temperatures. In this study, we used adaptive dynamics to model the consequences of temperature-mediated increases in m

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature