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- Title
Restoration, conservation and phytoplankton hysteresis.
- Authors
Berthold, Maximilian; Campbell, Douglas A
- Abstract
Phytoplankton growth depends not only upon external factors that are not strongly altered by the presence of phytoplankton, such as temperature, but also upon factors that are strongly influenced by activity of phytoplankton, including photosynthetically active radiation, and the availability of the macronutrients carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and, for some, silicate. Since phytoplankton therefore modify, and to an extent create, their own habitats, established phytoplankton communities can show resistance and resilience to change, including managed changes in nutrient regimes. Phytoplankton blooms and community structures can be predicted from the overall biogeochemical setting and inputs, but restorations may be influenced by the physiological responses of established phytoplankton taxa to nutrient inputs, temperature, second-order changes in illumination and nutrient recycling. In this review we discuss the contributions of phytoplankton ecophysiology to biogeochemical hysteresis and possible effects on community composition in the face of management, conservation or remediation plans.
- Subjects
FRESHWATER phytoplankton; HYSTERESIS; ALGAL blooms; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESISTANCE to change; ECOPHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Conservation Physiology, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2051-1434
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/conphys/coab062