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SUMMARY:Just because you’re small doesn’t mean biodiversity isn’t im
 portant! – Importance of phytoplankton diversity for the global carbon c
 ycle - Katherine Richardson\, Professor Center for Macroecology\, Evolutio
 n and Climate\, Natural History Museum\, University of Copenhagen
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CONTACT:E Allen
DESCRIPTION:Ocean photosynthesis drives an important sink in the global ca
 rbon cycle. It is\, therefore\, critical to understand how climate change 
 may impact this photosynthesis or “primary production” (PP). The IPCC 
 concludes (medium confidence) that ocean PP will be reduced in a warmer oc
 ean due to an increase in the intensity of thermal stratification. However
 \, several of the studies I have recently carried out suggest that the int
 ensity of thermal stratification does not influence ocean PP! Rather\, it 
 appears that the most important climate mediated factor influencing the ma
 gnitude of ocean PP is the depth of the nutricline and the most important 
 factor driving feedbacks from PP to the climate system is likely the speci
 es composition (biodiversity) of the phytoplankton. 
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Level 1\, The David Attenborough Building
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