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Harmful algae at the complex nexus of eutrophication and climate change



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  • Journal Title:
    Harmful Algae
  • Personal Author:
    Glibert, Patricia M.
  • NOAA Program & Office:
    NOS (National Ocean Service)
  • Description:
    Climate projections suggest–with substantial certainty–that global warming >1.5 °C will occur by mid-century (2050). Population is also projected to increase, amplifying the demands for food, fuel, water and sanitation, which, in turn, escalate nutrient pollution. Global projections of nutrient pollution, however, are less certain than those of climate as there are regionally decreasing trends projected in Europe, and stabilization of nutrient use in North America and Australia. In this review of the effects of eutrophication and climate on harmful algae, some of the complex, subtle, and non-intuitive effects and interactions on the physiology of both harmful and non-harmful taxa are emphasized. In a future ocean, non-harmful diatoms may be disproportionately stressed and mixotrophs advantaged due to changing nutrient stoichiometry and forms of nutrients, temperature, stratification and oceanic pH. Modeling is advancing, but there is much yet to be understood, in terms of physiology, biogeochemistry and trophodynamics and how both harmful and nonharmful taxa may change in an uncertain future driven by anthropogenic activities.
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  • Source:
    Harmful Algae, 91, 1-15
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  • DOI:
  • Pubmed ID:
    32057336
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA17NOS4780180
  • Rights Information:
    CC BY-NC-ND
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:f4e2fc68baf47f1dbc8fa3dd242eb34d636148e9fd0d0ca636c2bddcd65c7b29
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