Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Biological oceanography

The CO2 switch in diatoms

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Climate Change

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Diatoms are important primary producers in the ocean, however their response to rising CO2 is uncertain. Now research shows how diatoms regulate their metabolism in response to changing CO2.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Metabolic response of T. pseudonana, acclimated to high CO2 in N-limited continuous cultures with constant growth rate.

References

  1. Falkowski, P. G. & Raven, J. A., Aquatic Photosynthesis Vol. 2 (Princeton Univ. Press, 2007).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Gao, K. & Campbell, D. A. Func. Plant Biol. 41, 449–459 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Hennon, G. M. M. et al. Nature Clim. Change 5, 761–765 nclimate2683 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Raven, J., Giordano, M., Beardall, J. & Maberly, S. C. Photosynth. Res. 101, 281–296 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Hennon, G. M. M., Quay, P., Morales, R. L., Swanson, L. M. & Virginia Armbrust, E. J. Phycol. 50, 243–253 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Tolbert, N. E. in The Biochemistry of Plants Vol. 2 (eds Stumpf, P. & Conn, E.) 488–525 (Academic, 1980).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Ohno, N. et al. Plant Physiol. 158, 499–513 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Young, J. N., Kranz, S. A., Goldman, J. A. L., Tortell, P. D. & Morel, F. M. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11336 (2015).

  9. Hopkinson, B. M., Dupont, C. L., Allen, A. E. & Morel, F. M. M. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 3830–3837 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Giordano, M., Beardall, J. & Raven, J. A. Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. 56, 99–131 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Hopkinson, B., Xu, Y., Shi, D., McGinn, P. J. & Morel, F. M. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55, 2011–2024 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Jodi Young and François M. M. Morel are in the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, NJ 08544 USA,

    Jodi N. Young & François M. M. Morel

Authors
  1. Jodi N. Young
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. François M. M. Morel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jodi N. Young.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Young, J., Morel, F. The CO2 switch in diatoms. Nature Clim Change 5, 722–723 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2691

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2691

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation