Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective
Phytoplankton are key players in the global carbon cycle, contributing about half of global primary productivity. Within the phytoplankton, functional groups (characterized by distinct traits) have impacts on other major biogeochemical cycles, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and silica. Changes in phyt...
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paper:paper_00220477_v103_n6_p1384_Litchman2023-06-08T14:45:15Z Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective De Tezanos Pinto, Paula Aquatic plant ecology Biogeochemical cycles Cell size Functional groups Global change Phytoplankton community structure Trade-offs allometry aquatic plant biogeochemical cycle biogeochemistry community structure functional group global change nitrogen parameterization phosphorus phylogenetics phytoplankton primary production relative abundance trade-off Phytoplankton are key players in the global carbon cycle, contributing about half of global primary productivity. Within the phytoplankton, functional groups (characterized by distinct traits) have impacts on other major biogeochemical cycles, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and silica. Changes in phytoplankton community structure, resulting from the unique environmental sensitivities of these groups, may significantly alter elemental cycling from local to global scales. We review key traits that distinguish major phytoplankton functional groups, how they affect biogeochemistry and how the links between community structure and biogeochemical cycles are modelled. Finally, we explore how global environmental change will affect phytoplankton communities, from the traits of individual species to the relative abundance of functional groups, and how that, in turn, may alter biogeochemical cycles. Synthesis. We can increase our mechanistic understanding of the links between the community structure of primary producers and biogeochemistry by focusing on traits determining functional group responses to the environment (response traits) and their biogeochemical functions (effect traits). Identifying trade-offs including allometric and phylogenetic constraints among traits will help parameterize predictive biogeochemical models, enhancing our ability to anticipate the consequences of global change. We can increase our mechanistic understanding of the links between the community structure of primary producers and biogeochemistry by focusing on traits at different organisational levels that determine the responses to the environment (response traits) and their biogeochemical functions (effect traits). Identifying trade-offs including allometric and phylogenetic constraints among traits will help parameterize predictive biogeochemical models, enhancing our ability to anticipate the consequences of global change. © 2015 British Ecological Society. Fil:de Tezanos Pinto, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00220477_v103_n6_p1384_Litchman http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00220477_v103_n6_p1384_Litchman |
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Aquatic plant ecology Biogeochemical cycles Cell size Functional groups Global change Phytoplankton community structure Trade-offs allometry aquatic plant biogeochemical cycle biogeochemistry community structure functional group global change nitrogen parameterization phosphorus phylogenetics phytoplankton primary production relative abundance trade-off |
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Aquatic plant ecology Biogeochemical cycles Cell size Functional groups Global change Phytoplankton community structure Trade-offs allometry aquatic plant biogeochemical cycle biogeochemistry community structure functional group global change nitrogen parameterization phosphorus phylogenetics phytoplankton primary production relative abundance trade-off De Tezanos Pinto, Paula Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective |
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Aquatic plant ecology Biogeochemical cycles Cell size Functional groups Global change Phytoplankton community structure Trade-offs allometry aquatic plant biogeochemical cycle biogeochemistry community structure functional group global change nitrogen parameterization phosphorus phylogenetics phytoplankton primary production relative abundance trade-off |
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Phytoplankton are key players in the global carbon cycle, contributing about half of global primary productivity. Within the phytoplankton, functional groups (characterized by distinct traits) have impacts on other major biogeochemical cycles, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and silica. Changes in phytoplankton community structure, resulting from the unique environmental sensitivities of these groups, may significantly alter elemental cycling from local to global scales. We review key traits that distinguish major phytoplankton functional groups, how they affect biogeochemistry and how the links between community structure and biogeochemical cycles are modelled. Finally, we explore how global environmental change will affect phytoplankton communities, from the traits of individual species to the relative abundance of functional groups, and how that, in turn, may alter biogeochemical cycles. Synthesis. We can increase our mechanistic understanding of the links between the community structure of primary producers and biogeochemistry by focusing on traits determining functional group responses to the environment (response traits) and their biogeochemical functions (effect traits). Identifying trade-offs including allometric and phylogenetic constraints among traits will help parameterize predictive biogeochemical models, enhancing our ability to anticipate the consequences of global change. We can increase our mechanistic understanding of the links between the community structure of primary producers and biogeochemistry by focusing on traits at different organisational levels that determine the responses to the environment (response traits) and their biogeochemical functions (effect traits). Identifying trade-offs including allometric and phylogenetic constraints among traits will help parameterize predictive biogeochemical models, enhancing our ability to anticipate the consequences of global change. © 2015 British Ecological Society. |
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De Tezanos Pinto, Paula |
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De Tezanos Pinto, Paula |
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Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective |
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Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective |
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Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective |
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Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: A trait-based perspective |
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global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: a trait-based perspective |
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2015 |
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