Acidification slows algal movement

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Publication date 06-2020
Journal Nature Climate Change
Volume | Issue number 10 | 6
Pages (from-to) 497-498
Number of pages 2
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract Ocean acidification is changing the productivity and composition of phytoplankton communities at the base of the aquatic food web. Now a study shows that acidification impairs the swimming ability of flagellated microalgae, suggesting that their capacity to survive is threatened in a high CO2 world.
Document type Comment/Letter to the editor
Language English
Published at
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0799-8 (Final published version)
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