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3.6 Conclusion
Local temperature adaptation and phenotypic acclimation of performance traits
(i.e., growth and photosynthesis) and temperature tolerance ranges (i.e., survival)
have been experimentally determined for a wide variety of seaweed species from
virtually all biogeographical regions during the last three decades. Large-scale
biogeographic distribution patterns of many seaweed species could be explained
by combining these thermal traits with local seawater temperatures. In contrast to
the vast knowledge on temperature responses of seaweeds on the organism level,
studies on temperature effects on cellular components (i.e., proteins and
membranes) and environmentally induced changes in transcriptional processes
still remain scarce. One major obstacle has been the lack of genomic information
of seaweed species, which is now increasing. Furthermore, sophisticated ecological
niche models have been applied in the recent years to predict geographical areas
with suitable environmental conditions for marine seaweed species.
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