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Phytoplankton community responses to temperature fluctuations under different nutrient concentrations and stoichiometry
- Nutrient availability and temperature are important drivers of phytoplankton growth and stoichiometry. However, the interactive effects of nutrients and temperature on phytoplankton have been analyzed mostly by addressing changes in average temperature, whereas recent evidence suggests an important role of temperature fluctuations. In a laboratory experiment, we grew a natural phytoplankton community under fluctuating and constant temperature regimes across 25 combinations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) supply. Temperature fluctuations decreased phytoplankton growth rate (r(max)), as predicted by nonlinear averaging along the temperature-growth relationship. r(max) increased with increasing P supply, and a significant temperature x P x N interaction reflected that the shape of the thermal reaction norm depended on nutrients. By contrast, phytoplankton carrying capacity increased with N supply and in fluctuating rather than constant temperature. Higher phytoplankton N:P ratios under constant temperature showed that temperatureNutrient availability and temperature are important drivers of phytoplankton growth and stoichiometry. However, the interactive effects of nutrients and temperature on phytoplankton have been analyzed mostly by addressing changes in average temperature, whereas recent evidence suggests an important role of temperature fluctuations. In a laboratory experiment, we grew a natural phytoplankton community under fluctuating and constant temperature regimes across 25 combinations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) supply. Temperature fluctuations decreased phytoplankton growth rate (r(max)), as predicted by nonlinear averaging along the temperature-growth relationship. r(max) increased with increasing P supply, and a significant temperature x P x N interaction reflected that the shape of the thermal reaction norm depended on nutrients. By contrast, phytoplankton carrying capacity increased with N supply and in fluctuating rather than constant temperature. Higher phytoplankton N:P ratios under constant temperature showed that temperature regimes affected cellular nutrient incorporation. Minor differences in species diversity and composition existed. Our results suggest that temperature variability interacts with nutrient supply to affect phytoplankton physiology and stoichiometry at the community level.…
Author details: | Miriam GerhardORCiD, Apostolos Manuel KoussoroplisORCiDGND, Helmut HillebrandORCiDGND, Maren StriebelORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2834 |
ISSN: | 0012-9658 |
ISSN: | 1939-9170 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31330048 |
Title of parent work (English): | Ecology : a publication of the Ecological Society of America |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/08/03 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2020/11/20 |
Tag: | N; P ratios; carrying capacity; growth rate; phytoplankton composition; temperature variability; thermal performance |
Volume: | 100 |
Issue: | 11 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
Funding institution: | Uruguayan Agency of Investigation and Innovation (ANII); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD); German Research Foundation (DFG)German Research Foundation (DFG) [STR 1383/1-1, STR 1383/6-1, HI 848/15-1, HI 848/24-1, SPP 1704, KO5330/1-1] |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
Open Access / Green Open-Access |