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Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms by Paerl, Hans W., Huisman, Jef

“…Summary Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest known oxygen‐evolving photosynthetic microorganisms, and they have had major impacts on shaping our current…”
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Artificial mixing to control cyanobacterial blooms: a review by Visser, Petra M., Ibelings, Bas W., Bormans, Myriam, Huisman, Jef

“…Artificial mixing has been used as a measure to prevent the growth of cyanobacteria in eutrophic lakes and reservoirs for many years. In this paper, we give an…”
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Species fluctuations sustained by a cyclic succession at the edge of chaos by Benincà, Elisa, Ballantine, Bill, Ellner, Stephen P., Huisman, Jef

“…Although mathematical models and laboratory experiments have shown that species interactions can generate chaos, field evidence of chaos in natural ecosystems…”
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Pteropods make thinner shells in the upwelling region of the California Current Ecosystem by Mekkes, Lisette, Renema, Willem, Bednaršek, Nina, Alin, Simone R., Feely, Richard A., Huisman, Jef, Roessingh, Peter, Peijnenburg, Katja T. C. A.

“…Shelled pteropods are widely regarded as bioindicators for ocean acidification, because their fragile aragonite shells are susceptible to increasing ocean…”
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Unbalanced reduction of nutrient loads has created an offshore gradient from phosphorus to nitrogen limitation in the North Sea by Burson, Amanda, Stomp, Maayke, Akil, Larissa, Brussaard, Corina P. D., Huisman, Jef

“…Measures to reduce eutrophication have often led to a more effective decline of phosphorus (P) than nitrogen (N) concentrations. The resultant changes in…”
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How rising CO2 and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms by Visser, Petra M., Verspagen, Jolanda M.H., Sandrini, Giovanni, Stal, Lucas J., Matthijs, Hans C.P., Davis, Timothy W., Paerl, Hans W., Huisman, Jef

“…•Rising CO2 and global warming favor cyanobacterial blooms in different ways.•Cyanobacteria display genetic diversity in their CO2 and bicarbonate uptake…”
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Viral lysis modifies seasonal phytoplankton dynamics and carbon flow in the Southern Ocean by Biggs, Tristan E. G., Huisman, Jef, Brussaard, Corina P. D.

“…Phytoplankton form the base of marine food webs and are a primary means for carbon export in the Southern Ocean, a key area for global pCO 2 drawdown. Viral…”
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Oxic-anoxic regime shifts mediated by feedbacks between biogeochemical processes and microbial community dynamics by Bush, Timothy, Diao, Muhe, Allen, Rosalind J., Sinnige, Ruben, Muyzer, Gerard, Huisman, Jef

“…Although regime shifts are known from various ecosystems, the involvement of microbial communities is poorly understood. Here we show that gradual…”
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Comment on "Patterns of diversity in marine phytoplankton" by Huisman, Jef

“…Barton et al. (Reports, 19 March 2010, p. 1509) argued that stable conditions enable neutral coexistence of many phytoplankton species in the tropical oceans,…”
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Succession of Bacterial Communities in a Seasonally Stratified Lake with an Anoxic and Sulfidic Hypolimnion by Diao, Muhe, Sinnige, Ruben, Kalbitz, Karsten, Huisman, Jef, Muyzer, Gerard

“…Although bacteria play key roles in aquatic food webs and biogeochemical cycles, information on the seasonal succession of bacterial communities in lakes is…”
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The Nutrient-Load Hypothesis: Patterns of Resource Limitation and Community Structure Driven by Competition for Nutrients and Light by Brauer, Verena S., Stomp, Maayke, Huisman, Jef

“…Resource competition theory predicts that the outcome of competition for two nutrients depends on the ratio at which these nutrients are supplied. Yet there is…”
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Summer heatwaves promote blooms of harmful cyanobacteria by JÖHNK, KLAUS D, HUISMAN, JEF, SHARPLES, JONATHAN, SOMMEIJER, BEN, VISSER, PETRA M, STROOM, JASPER M

“…Dense surface blooms of toxic cyanobacteria in eutrophic lakes may lead to mass mortalities of fish and birds, and provide a serious health threat for cattle,…”
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Pattern formation at multiple spatial scales drives the resilience of mussel bed ecosystems by Liu, Quan-Xing, Herman, Peter M. J., Mooij, Wolf M., Huisman, Jef, Scheffer, Marten, Olff, Han, van de Koppel, Johan

“…Self-organized complexity at multiple spatial scales is a distinctive characteristic of biological systems. Yet, little is known about how different…”
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Latitudinal variation in virus-induced mortality of phytoplankton across the North Atlantic Ocean by Mojica, Kristina D A, Huisman, Jef, Wilhelm, Steven W, Brussaard, Corina P D

“…Viral lysis of phytoplankton constrains marine primary production, food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycles in the ocean. Yet, little is known about the…”
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Suppressing Cyanobacteria with Hydrogen Peroxide Is More Effective at High Light Intensities by Piel, Tim, Sandrini, Giovanni, White, Emily, Xu, Tianshuo, Schuurmans, J Merijn, Huisman, Jef, Visser, Petra M

“…Hydrogen peroxide (H O ) can be used as an emergency method to selectively suppress cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and drinking water reservoirs. However, it…”
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Implications of 2D versus 3D surveys to measure the abundance and composition of benthic coral reef communities by Kornder, Niklas A., Cappelletto, Jose, Mueller, Benjamin, Zalm, Margaretha J. L., Martinez, Stephanie J., Vermeij, Mark J. A., Huisman, Jef, de Goeij, Jasper M.

“…A paramount challenge in coral reef ecology is to estimate the abundance and composition of the communities residing in such complex ecosystems. Traditional 2D…”
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Rapid adaptation of harmful cyanobacteria to rising CO2 by Sandrini, Giovanni, Ji, Xing, Verspagen, Jolanda M H, Tann, Robert P, Slot, Pieter C, Luimstra, Veerle M, Schuurmans, J Merijn, Matthijs, Hans C P, Huisman, Jef

“…Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are likely to affect many ecosystems worldwide. However, to what extent elevated CO2 will induce evolutionary changes in…”
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Circatrigintan instead of lunar periodicity of larval release in a brooding coral species by Linden, Bart, Huisman, Jef, Rinkevich, Baruch

“…Larval release by brooding corals is often assumed to display lunar periodicity. Here, we show that larval release of individual Stylophora pistillata colonies…”
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Mixotrophy in the bloom-forming genus Phaeocystis and other haptophytes by Koppelle, Sebastiaan, López-Escardó, David, Brussaard, Corina P.D., Huisman, Jef, Philippart, Catharina J.M., Massana, Ramon, Wilken, Susanne

“…•Phaeocystis globosa cells contained bacteria, suggesting mixotrophy.•Mixotrophy in P. globosa supported by gene-based prediction model.•Additional prediction…”
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Vibrational modes of water predict spectral niches for photosynthesis in lakes and oceans by Holtrop, Tadzio, Huisman, Jef, Stomp, Maayke, Biersteker, Levi, Aerts, Jeroen, Grébert, Théophile, Partensky, Frédéric, Garczarek, Laurence, Woerd, Hendrik Jan van der

“…Stretching and bending vibrations of water molecules absorb photons of specific wavelengths, a phenomenon that constrains light energy available for aquatic…”
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