Effects of elevated CO2 on a natural diatom community in the subtropical North East Atlantic
Diatoms are silicifying phytoplankton contributing about one quarter to primary 79
production on Earth. Ocean acidification (OA) could alter the competitiveness of diatoms 80
relative to other taxa and/or lead to shifts among diatom species. In spring 2016, we set 81
up a plankton community experiment at the coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, 82
Spain) to investigate the response of subtropical diatom assemblages to elevated 83 84
seawater pCO2.
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