HRZZ: The ocean of the future: Will changed phytoplankton composition positively impact the biological carbon pump? (FUTURE OCEAN)

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Project code: IP-2024-05-8589

The hypotheses:

organic matter, especially lipids, synthesized under oligotrophy, warming, and the combination of both stressors are less susceptible to abiotic (photooxidation) and biotic (bacterial) degradation
organic matter, especially lipids, from coccolithophores growing under oligotrophy, warming, and the combination of both stressors are less susceptible to abiotic (photooxidation) and biotic (bacterial) degradation than OM from diatoms
the altered lipid composition of phytoplankton in the future ocean will contribute positively to the Biological Carbon Pump

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Project collaborators:

dr. sc. Jelena Godrijan, Ruđer Bošković Institute
prof. Megamu Fujibayashi, Kyushu University, Japan
prof. Gábor Galiba, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Hungary
dr. sc. Huan Chen, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA
dr. sc. Marina Mlakar, Ruđer Bošković Institute
dr. sc. Tamás Pálmai, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Hungary
dr. sc. Daniela Marić Pfannkuchen, Ruđer Bošković Institute
dr. sc. Tanja Vojvoda Zeljko, Ruđer Bošković Institute

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