Resource supply overrides temperature as a controlling factor of marine phytoplankton growth.

The universal temperature dependence of metabolic rates has been used to predict how ocean biology will respond to ocean warming. Determining the temperature sensitivity of phytoplankton metabolism and growth is of special importance because this group of organisms is responsible for nearly half of...

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Main Authors: Emilio Marañón, Pedro Cermeño, María Huete-Ortega, Daffne C López-Sandoval, Beatriz Mouriño-Carballido, Tamara Rodríguez-Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4055616?pdf=render