Kathrin Lengfellner

TL;DR: This study provides evidence that reduced body size is the third universal ecological response to global warming in aquatic systems besides the shift of species ranges toward higher altitudes and latitudes and the seasonal shifts in life cycle events.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that winter and spring warming will lead to substantial changes in the spring bloom of phytoplankton, while light appears to play a more important role in its initiation.

TL;DR: The strong difference between the Acceleration of the phytoplankton peak and the acceleration of the nauplii could be one of the “Achilles heels” of pelagic systems subject to climate change.

TL;DR: This study aimed at simulating different degrees of winter warming and at assessing its potential effects on ciliate succession and grazing-related patterns by using indoor mesocosms filled with unfiltered water from Kiel Bight, natural light and four different temperature regimes, phytoplankton spring blooms were induced and the thermal responses of ciliates were quantified.

TL;DR: Meta-analysis confirms the general shift toward earlier blooms at increased temperature in both marine and freshwater systems and supports predictions that effects of climate change on plankton production will vary among sites, depending on resource limitation and species composition.