Direct and indirect cumulative effects of temperature, nutrients and light on phytoplankon growth
DOI10.5281/zenodo.12731714Zenodo12731714MaRDI QIDQ6690942FDOQ6690942
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Anna Lena Heinrichs, Maren Striebel, Onja Johannes Hardorp, Toni Schott, Helmut Hillebrand
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Data and R-files to the study 'Direct and indirect cumulative effects of temperature, nutrients and light on phytoplankton growth". Accepected in Ecology and Evolution. ABSTRACT Temperature and resource availability are pivotal factors influencing phytoplankton community structures. Numerous prior studies demonstrated their significant influence on phytoplankton stoichiometry, cell size and growth rates. The growth rate, serving as a reflection of an organism's success within its environment, is linked to stoichiometry and cell size. Consequently, alterations in abiotic conditions affecting cell size or stoichiometry also exert indirect effects on growth. However, such results have their limitations, as most studies used a limited number of factors and factor levels which gives us limited insights into how phytoplankton respond to environmental conditions, directly and indirectly. Here, we tested for the generality of patterns found in other studies, using a combined multiple-factor gradient design and two single species with different size characteristics. We used a structural equation model (SEM) that allowed us to investigate the direct cumulative effects of temperature and resource availability (i.e., light, N and P) on phytoplankton growth, as well as the indirect effects on growth through changes in cell size and cell stoichiometry. Our results mostly support the results reported in previous research thus some effects can be identified as dominant effects. We identified rising temperature as the dominant driver for cell size reduction and increase in growth, and nutrient availability (i.e., N and P) as dominant factors for changes in cellular stoichiometry. However, indirect effects of temperature and resources (i.e., light and nutrients) on species growth rates through cell size and cell stoichiometry differed across the two species suggesting different strategies to acclimate to its environment.
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