Climate change modifies the environment and this affect species of phytoplankton but everything in nature is closely connected in many ways. If we want to be able to understand the future of ecosystems, we have to see the bigger picture.
This is what this project wants to contribute to in this work. We will look at how changes in microscopic algae distribution in the water column, caused by human activities, may in turn modify the biodiversity of the organisms living on the bottom, whether or not their condition is affected by the food they get, and if it modifies some key processes that bacteria perform in the sediments.
For more information:
Séréna Albert, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
