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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5961-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5961-2025
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23 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2025

Temperature fluctuation alleviates the negative effects of warming on marine diatoms: comparison between Thalassiosira sp. and Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima

Yangjie Sheng, Yanan Wang, Ting Cai, Yuntao Wang, Afef Fathalli, Sana Ben Ismail, and Yuanyuan Feng

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We conducted semi-continuous incubation experiments on two ecologically significant marine diatom species, Thalassiosira sp. and Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima, to examine their physiological responses to ocean warming and temperature fluctuation. These findings highlight the influence of temperature fluctuation on the physiology of marine diatoms in the context of global warming, thus having implications for a further understanding of biogeochemical feedbacks.
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