Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Rising Water Temperatures and Acidification Affect Important Plankton Organism

Combined Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Copepod Abundance (Credit: journals.plos.org) Click to Enlarge.
In an experiment with organisms from the Kiel Fjord, a team of biologists has demonstrated for the first time, that ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in the natural plankton community.  As a consequence, fish might find food of poorer quality, the researchers argue.

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