Search Results - "Verspagen, Jolanda"
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Cyanobacterial blooms
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology (01-08-2018)“…Cyanobacteria can form dense and sometimes toxic blooms in freshwater and marine environments, which threaten ecosystem functioning and degrade water quality…”
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Competition between cyanobacteria and green algae at low versus elevated CO2: who will win, and why?
Published in Journal of experimental botany (01-06-2017)“…Traditionally, it has often been hypothesized that cyanobacteria are superior competitors at low CO2 and high pH in comparison with eukaryotic algae, owing to…”
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How rising CO2 and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms
Published in Harmful algae (01-04-2016)“…•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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Contrasting effects of rising CO₂ on primary production and ecological stoichiometry at different nutrient levels
Published in Ecology letters (01-08-2014)“…Although rising CO₂ concentrations are thought to promote the growth and alter the carbon : nutrient stoichiometry of primary producers, several studies have…”
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Changes in water color shift competition between phytoplankton species with contrasting light-harvesting strategies
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-03-2020)“…The color of many lakes and seas is changing, which is likely to affect the species composition of freshwater and marine phytoplankton communities. For…”
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The ecological stoichiometry of toxins produced by harmful cyanobacteria: an experimental test of the carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis
Published in Ecology letters (01-12-2009)“…Ecology Letters (2009) 12: 1326–1335 The elemental composition of primary producers reflects the availability of light, carbon and nutrients in their…”
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Genetic diversity of inorganic carbon uptake systems causes variation in CO2 response of the cyanobacterium Microcystis
Published in The ISME Journal (01-03-2014)“…Rising CO 2 levels may act as an important selective factor on the CO 2 -concentrating mechanism (CCM) of cyanobacteria. We investigated genetic diversity in…”
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Rapid adaptation of harmful cyanobacteria to rising CO2
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-08-2016)“…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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Acidification slows algal movement
Published in Nature climate change (01-06-2020)“…Ocean acidification is changing the productivity and composition of phytoplankton communities at the base of the aquatic food web. Now a study shows that…”
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Climate-driven changes in the ecological stoichiometry of aquatic ecosystems
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-04-2010)“…Advances in ecological stoichiometry, a rapidly expanding research field investigating the elemental composition of organisms and their environment, have shed…”
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Biological control of toxic cyanobacteria by mixotrophic predators: an experimental test of intraguild predation theory
Published in Ecological applications (01-07-2014)“…Intraguild predators both feed on and compete with their intraguild prey. In theory, intraguild predators can therefore be very effective as biological control…”
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Comparison of predator-prey interactions with and without intraguild predation by manipulation of the nitrogen source
Published in Oikos (01-04-2014)“…Theory predicts that intraguild predation leads to different community dynamics than the trophic cascades of a linear food chain. However, experimental…”
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Rising CO2 levels will intensify phytoplankton blooms in eutrophic and hypertrophic lakes
Published in PloS one (13-08-2014)“…Harmful algal blooms threaten the water quality of many eutrophic and hypertrophic lakes and cause severe ecological and economic damage worldwide. Dense…”
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Phenotypic plasticity of carbon fixation stimulates cyanobacterial blooms at elevated CO2
Published in Science advances (01-02-2020)“…Physiological acclimation to elevated CO 2 will intensify cyanobacterial blooms in lakes. Although phenotypic plasticity is a widespread phenomenon, its…”
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Changes in turbulent mixing shift competition for light between phytoplankton species
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-11-2004)“…The intriguing impact of physical mixing processes on species interactions has always fascinated ecologists. Here, we exploit recent advances in plankton…”
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Reversal in competitive dominance of a toxic versus non-toxic cyanobacterium in response to rising CO2
Published in The ISME Journal (01-09-2011)“…Climate change scenarios predict a doubling of the atmospheric CO 2 concentration by the end of this century. Yet, how rising CO 2 will affect the species…”
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Benthic-pelagic coupling in the population dynamics of the harmful cyanobacterium Microcystis
Published in Freshwater biology (01-05-2005)“…Summary 1. In eutrophic lakes, large amounts of the cyanobacterium Microcystis may overwinter in the sediment and re‐inoculate the water column in spring. 2…”
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Benthic hotspots in the pelagic zone: Light and phosphate availability alter aggregates of microalgae and suspended particles in a shallow turbid lake
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-03-2019)“…Limnetic aggregates from a turbid delta lake with low dissolved nutrient availability were studied in relation to light and dissolved nutrient availability…”
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Water Management Strategies against Toxic Microcystis Blooms in the Dutch Delta
Published in Ecological applications (01-02-2006)“…To prevent flooding of the Dutch delta, former estuaries have been impounded by the building of dams and sluices. Some of these water bodies, however,…”
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Phenotypic plasticity of carbon fixation stimulates cyanobacterial blooms at elevated CO 2
Published in Science advances (21-02-2020)“…Although phenotypic plasticity is a widespread phenomenon, its implications for species responses to climate change are not well understood. For example, toxic…”
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