Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2939-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2939-2020
Research article
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09 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 09 Jun 2020

A meta-analysis on environmental drivers of marine phytoplankton C : N : P

Tatsuro Tanioka and Katsumi Matsumoto

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (01 Feb 2020) by Carol Robinson
AR by Tatsuro Tanioka on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Apr 2020) by Carol Robinson
RR by Alex Poulton (16 Apr 2020)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Apr 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Apr 2020) by Carol Robinson
AR by Tatsuro Tanioka on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (11 May 2020) by Carol Robinson
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We conducted an extensive literature survey (meta-analysis) on how the C : N : P ratio varies with change in key environmental drivers. We found that the expected reduction in nutrients and warming under the future climate change scenario is likely to result in increased C : P and C : N of marine phytoplankton. Further, our findings highlight the greater stoichiometric plasticity of eukaryotes over prokaryotes, which provide us insights on how to understand and model plankton.
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