Ocean acidification conditions reduced the amount of dissolved iron taken up by diatoms and coccolithophores. Iron is a limiting nutrient in large oceanic regions, and the ongoing acidification of seawater is likely to increase the iron stress of phytoplankton populations in some areas of the ocean. (Laboratory study)
Author(s): Shi, D.
Date: 2010
Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1183517
Overview:
Educational Materials
Scientific Literature
Additional Topics:
Biological effects of OCA
Geographic Areas:
Global
Marine Life:
Phytoplankton
Parameters:
Nutrients
Species Group:
Diatoms