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27 Jan 2017
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| 27 Jan 2017
Ciliate and mesozooplankton community response to increasing CO2 levels in the Baltic Sea: insights from a large-scale mesocosm experiment
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Lennart T. Bach
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Kai-Georg Schulz
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
present address: Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University, Military Rd, East Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
Ulf Riebesell
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Ocean acidification and desalination: climate-driven change in a Baltic Sea summer microplanktonic community A. Wulff et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3321-3
- High CO2 and warming affect microzooplankton food web dynamics in a Baltic Sea summer plankton community H. Horn et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03683-0
- Stratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Toarcian in NE Germany: organo-detrital and detrital sedimentation in response to the productivity of the planktic ecosystem J. Ansorge et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00718-z
- Alterations in microbial community composition with increasing fCO2: a mesocosm study in the eastern Baltic Sea K. Crawfurd et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3831-2017
- Global climate change and the Baltic Sea ecosystem: direct and indirect effects on species, communities and ecosystem functioning M. Viitasalo & E. Bonsdorff https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-711-2022
- Extreme Levels of Ocean Acidification Restructure the Plankton Community and Biogeochemistry of a Temperate Coastal Ecosystem: A Mesocosm Study C. Spisla et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.611157
- Ecological and functional consequences of coastal ocean acidification: Perspectives from the Baltic-Skagerrak System J. Havenhand et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1110-3
- Microzooplankton grazing responds to simulated ocean acidification indirectly through changes in prey cellular characteristics M. Olson et al. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12716
- Causes and consequences of acidification in the Baltic Sea: implications for monitoring and management E. Gustafsson et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43596-8
- Ciliates as bioindicators of CO2 in soil R. Gabilondo et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.11.060
- Zooplankton community succession and trophic links during a mesocosm experiment in the coastal upwelling off Callao Bay (Peru) P. Ayón Dejo et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-945-2023
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We conducted a large-scale field experiment using 55 m3 floating containers (mesocosms) to investigate consequences of near-future projected CO2 elevations (ocean acidification) on a Baltic Sea plankton community in Storfjärden (Finland). The focus of our study was on single- and multicelled small-sized organisms dwelling in the water column. Our results suggest that increasing CO2 concentrations may change the species composition and promote specific food web interactions.
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