Marine phytoplankton may adapt to ocean change, such as acidification or warming, because of their large population sizes and short generation times. Long-term adaptation to novel environments is a dynamic process, and phenotypic change can take place thousands of generations after exposure to novel conditions. We conducted a long-term evolution experiment (4 years = 2100 generations), starting with a single clone of the abundant and widespread coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi exposed to three different CO2 levels simulating ocean acidification (OA).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/long-term-dynamics-adaptive-evolution-globally-important-phytoplankton-species-ocean
[2] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/7/e1501660.full
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lothar-schl%C3%BCter
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kai-t-lohbeck
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joachim-p-gr%C3%B6ger-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science-advances
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oceans-and-seas
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts