A new study has determined that due to climate change, the composition of algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing.
This is the conclusion of researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
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They therefore examined freshwater micro-algae: small, floating and mostly unicellular algae.
The experiments were performed in large tanks called limnotrons. These were aerated with ordinary air or with air containing an elevated concentration of CO2.
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The micro-algae grew faster at a higher CO2 concentration, exactly as the researchers had expected. Yet, this growth was also associated with a change in the composition of the algae.
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This meant a reduction in the nutritional value, which could have detrimental effects upon the small animals that eat the algae such as water fleas.
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This research has shown that climate change can also exert significant effects on the underwater food chain.
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