Potential increasing dominance of heterotrophy in the global ocean

Autotrophy is largely resource-limited in the modern ocean. Paleo evidence indicates this was not necessarily the case in warmer climates, and modern observations as well as standard metabolic theory suggest continued ocean warming could shift global ecology towards heterotrophy, thereby reducing au...

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Main Authors: K F Kvale, K J Meissner, D P Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074009