Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-167-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-167-2019
Research article
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17 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2019

Warming effect on nitrogen fixation in Mediterranean macrophyte sediments

Neus Garcias-Bonet, Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer, Carlos M. Duarte, and Núria Marbà

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We assess the impact of warming on nitrogen fixation in three key Mediterranean macrophytes by experimentally measuring sediment nitrogen fixation rates at current and projected seawater temperature by 2100 under a scenario of moderate greenhouse gas emissions. The temperature dependence of nitrogen fixation could potentially increase rates by 37 % by the end of the century, with important consequences for primary production in coastal ecosystems.
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