Robert C. Worrest

TL;DR: There remains the question as to whether a decrease in population size of the more sensitive primary producers would be compensated for by an increase in the population sizes of more tolerant species, and therefore whether there would be a net negative impact on the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide by these ecosystems.

TL;DR: Several studies suggest that the influence of UV-B at the ecosystem level may be more pronounced on community and trophic level structure, and hence on subsequent biogeochemical cycles, than on biomass levels per se.

TL;DR: New research strengthens previous evidence that solar UV affects growth and reproduction, photosynthetic energy-harvesting enzymes and other cellular proteins, as well as photosynthetics pigment contents in aquatic ecosystems.

TL;DR: The photosynthetic production of organic biomass using solar energy is the almost exclusive source of energy for life on our planet as mentioned in this paper, and the amount of carbon in the form of its dioxide incorporated annually into organic molecules exceeds 100 gigatons which can be visualized by the load filling 10 coal trains spanning the distance from the earth to the moon.

TL;DR: This assessment addresses how the knowledge of the interactive effects of UV radiation and climate change factors on aquatic ecosystems has advanced in the past four years.