Rising water temperatures and acidification affect important plankton organism
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 08:31
in Earth & Climate
In an experiment with organisms from the Kiel Fjord, a team of biologists has demonstrated for the first time, that ocean acidification and rising water temperatures harms the fatty acid composition of copepods in the natural plankton community. As a consequence, fish might find food of poorer quality, the researchers argue.
