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Table 6.5
Effects of ocean acidii cation on the elemental composition of planktonic organisms, comparing rates at pre-industrial/present-day p CO
2
levels with those at p CO
2
projected for the end of this century.
Group
Response
References
Diatoms
C:N
Thalassiosira punctigera : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Asterionella : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
¯
Skeletonema costatum : Burkhardt and Riebesell ( 1997 ), Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 ), Gervais
and Riebesell ( 2001 )
«
Phaeodactylum tricornutum : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Coscinodiscus wailesii : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Thalassiosira weissfl ogii : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
N:P
Skeletonema costatum : Burkhardt and Riebesell ( 1997 ), Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
¯
Thalassiosira weissfl ogii : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Coscinodiscus wailesii : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
«
Thalassiosira punctigera : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Coccolithophores
C:N
Emiliania huxleyi : Leonardos and Geider ( 2005 ), Feng et al. ( 2008 ), Iglesias-Rodriguez et al.
( 2008 ), De Bodt et al. ( 2010 )
Gephyrocapsa oceanica : Rickaby et al. ( 2010 )
¯
Coccolithus braarudii : Rickaby et al. ( 2010 )
«
Emiliania huxleyi : Buitenhuis et al. ( 1999 ), Müller et al. ( 2010 )
Coccolithus braarudii : Müller et al. ( 2010 )
N:P
«
Emiliania huxleyi : Leonardos and Geider ( 2005 ), Feng et al. ( 2008 ), Müller et al. ( 2010 )
Dinol agellates
C:N
«
Scrippsiella trochoidea : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
N:P
Scrippsiella trochoidea : Burkhardt et al. ( 1999 )
Cyanobacteria
C:N
Synechococcus: Fu et al. (2007)
Trichodesmium : Levitan et al. ( 2007 )
Nodularia : Czerny et al. ( 2009 )
«
Trichodesmium: Barcelos e Ramos et al. ( 2007 ), Hutchins et al. ( 2007 ), Kranz et al. ( 2009 )
Prochlorococcus: Fu et al. (2007)
Crocosphaera: Fu et al. (2007)
N:P
Trichodesmium: Barcelos e Ramos et al. ( 2007 ), Hutchins et al. ( 2007 )
Synechococcus: Fu et al. (2007)
¯
Nodularia : Czerny et al. ( 2009 )
«
Prochlorococcus: Fu et al. (2007)
Crocosphaera: Fu et al . (2007)
Other taxa
C:N
Heterosigma : Fu et al. ( 2008b )
¯
Phaeocystis antarctica : Hutchins et al. ( 2009 )
«
Prorocentrum : Fu et al. ( 2008b )
N:P
Heterosigma : Fu et al. ( 2008b )
Phaeocystis antarctica : Hutchins et al. ( 2008 )
«
Prorocentrum : Fu et al. ( 2008b )
Natural assemblages
C:N
Engel et al. ( 2005 ), Riebesell et al. ( 2007 ), Bellerby et al . ( 2008 ), Schulz et al. ( 2008 )
«
Kim et al. ( 2006 ), Feng et al. ( 2009 )
N:P
Bellerby et al. ( 2008 )
¯
Tortell et al. ( 2002 ), Engel et al. ( 2005 )
«
Feng et al. ( 2009 )
, increased;
¯
, decreased;
«
, unaffected/inconclusive.
