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Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3831-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3831-2017
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
Research article
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29 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2017

Alterations in microbial community composition with increasing fCO2: a mesocosm study in the eastern Baltic Sea

Katharine J. Crawfurd, Santiago Alvarez-Fernandez, Kristina D. A. Mojica, Ulf Riebesell, and Corina P. D. Brussaard

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3831-2017-supplement

Data sets

Phytoplankton population dynamics - Abundances K. J. Crawfurd https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879659

Phytoplankton population dynamics - Loss and gross growth rates of phytoplankton K. J. Crawfurd https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879660

Heterotrophic prokaryotes population dynamics - Grazing and viral lysis of prokaryotes K. J. Crawfurd https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879661

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasing in the atmosphere and oceans. To simulate future conditions we manipulated CO2 concentrations of natural Baltic seawater in 55 m3 bags in situ. We saw increased growth rates and abundances of the smallest-sized eukaryotic phytoplankton and reduced abundances of other phytoplankton with increased CO2. Viral and bacterial abundances were also affected. This would lead to more carbon recycling in the surface water and affect marine food webs and the carbon cycle.
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