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ArticlePloS one2013

Phenotypic plasticity of southern ocean diatoms: key to success in the sea ice habitat?

Olivia Sackett, Katherina Petrou, Brian Reedy, Adrian De Grazia, Ross Hill, Martina Doblin, John Beardall, Peter Ralph, Philip Heraud

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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  5. Molecular underpinnings and biogeochemical consequences of enhanced diatom growth in a warming Southern Ocean.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  10. Towards an understanding of the molecular regulation of carbon allocation in diatoms: the interaction of energy and carbon allocation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Olivia SackettSchool of the Environment and the Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ; School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Katherina PetrouSchool of the Environment and the Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Brian ReedySchool of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Adrian De GraziaSchool of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ross HillCentre for Marine Bio-Innovation and Sydney Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
Martina DoblinSchool of the Environment and the Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
John BeardallCentre for Biospectroscopy and School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Peter RalphSchool of the Environment and the Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Philip HeraudCentre for Biospectroscopy and School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatoms are the primary source of nutrition and energy for the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Microalgae, including diatoms, synthesise biological macromolecules such as lipids, proteins and carbohydrates for growth, reproduction and acclimation to prevailing environmental conditions. Here we show that three key species of Southern Ocean diatom (Fragilariopsis cylindrus, Chaetoceros simplex and Pseudo-nitzschia subcurvata) exhibited phenotypic plasticity in response to salinity and temperature regimes experienced during the seasonal formation and decay of sea ice. The degree of phenotypic plasticity, in terms of changes in macromolecular composition, was highly species-specific and consistent with each species' known distribution and abundance throughout sea ice, meltwater and pelagic habitats, suggesting that phenotypic plasticity may have been selected for by the extreme variability of the polar marine environment. We argue that changes in diatom macromolecular composition and shifts in species dominance in response to a changing climate have the potential to alter nutrient and energy fluxes throughout the Southern Ocean ecosystem.

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