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Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria
We simulate pH-dependent growth of cyanobacteria with an ecosystem model for the central Baltic Sea. Four model components—a life cycle model of cyanobacteria, a biogeochemical model, a carbonate chemistry model and a water column model—are coupled via the framework for aquatic biogeochemical models...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life5021204 |
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author | Hinners, Jana Hofmeister, Richard Hense, Inga |
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description | We simulate pH-dependent growth of cyanobacteria with an ecosystem model for the central Baltic Sea. Four model components—a life cycle model of cyanobacteria, a biogeochemical model, a carbonate chemistry model and a water column model—are coupled via the framework for aquatic biogeochemical models. The coupled model is forced by the output of a regional climate model, based on the A1B emission scenario. With this coupled model, we perform simulations for the period 1968–2098. Our simulation experiments suggest that in the future, cyanobacteria growth is hardly affected by the projected pH decrease. However, in the simulation phase prior to 1980, cyanobacteria growth and N [Formula: see text]-fixation are limited by the relatively high pH. The observed absence of cyanobacteria before the 1960s may thus be explained not only by lower eutrophication levels, but also by a higher alkalinity. |
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spelling | pubmed-45001352015-07-13 Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria Hinners, Jana Hofmeister, Richard Hense, Inga Life (Basel) Article We simulate pH-dependent growth of cyanobacteria with an ecosystem model for the central Baltic Sea. Four model components—a life cycle model of cyanobacteria, a biogeochemical model, a carbonate chemistry model and a water column model—are coupled via the framework for aquatic biogeochemical models. The coupled model is forced by the output of a regional climate model, based on the A1B emission scenario. With this coupled model, we perform simulations for the period 1968–2098. Our simulation experiments suggest that in the future, cyanobacteria growth is hardly affected by the projected pH decrease. However, in the simulation phase prior to 1980, cyanobacteria growth and N [Formula: see text]-fixation are limited by the relatively high pH. The observed absence of cyanobacteria before the 1960s may thus be explained not only by lower eutrophication levels, but also by a higher alkalinity. MDPI 2015-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4500135/ /pubmed/25830591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life5021204 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hinners, Jana Hofmeister, Richard Hense, Inga Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title | Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title_full | Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title_fullStr | Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title_short | Modeling the Role of pH on Baltic Sea Cyanobacteria |
title_sort | modeling the role of ph on baltic sea cyanobacteria |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830591 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life5021204 |
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