title: Aquatic primary production in a high-CO2 world.
abstract: Here, we provide a review of the direct effect of increasing CO2 on aquatic primary producers through its function as a source of carbon, focusing our analysis on the interpretation of this increase as an increase in the availability of a resource. This provides an interesting context to evaluate ecological and evolutionary theories relating to nutrient availability and leads us to: the assessment of theories about limitation of productivity and the integration of CO2 into the co-limitation paradigm; the prediction of community composition and of change in communities from known changes in the environment; and evaluation of the potential for evolutionary adaptation in conditions that increase growth.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Biology, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Avenue Docteur-Penfield, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Low-Décarie
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Biology, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Avenue Docteur-Penfield, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Gregor F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Fussmann
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Department of Biology, Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Avenue Docteur-Penfield, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada. Electronic address: graham.bell@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005618:Fresh Water; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide