The experimental enclosure of an Antarctic planktonic community in a large (35 m3) mesocosm moored in Johnson’s Dock (62° 39.576’ S, 60°22.408’ W, Livingston Island, Bransfield Sector, Antarctica) was followed by a large phytoplankton bloom. This bloom, dominated by the large diatom Thalassiosira antarctica, reached a biomass 1000-fold greater than in the ambient waters. The net growth rate of ...

Citation: Tsiaras KP, Christodoulaki S, Petihakis G, Frangoulis C and Triantafyllou G (2017) Model Simulations of a Mesocosm Experiment Investigating the Response of a Low Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (LNLC) Marine Ecosystem to Atmospheric Deposition Events. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:120. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00120 Model Simulations of a Mesocosm Experiment Investigating the Response of a Low Nutrient ...

UV irradiance has a broad range of effects on marine planktonic organisms. Direct and indirect effects on individual organisms have complex impacts on food-web structure and dynamics, with implications for carbon and nutrient cycling. Mesocosm experiments are well suited for the study of such complex interrelationships. Mesocosms offer the possibility to conduct well-controlled experiments with...

The role of nutrient availability in the decay of Typha latifolia and Cladium jamaicense litter and associated microbial responses were studied under controlled experimental conditions. The experimental setup consisted of three 14 m mesocosms: (i) an experimentally enriched (N&P) mesocosm containing organic soil, (ii) a mesocosm with organic soil but no external enrichment, and (iii) a mesocosm...

Citation: Tsagaraki TM, Herut B, Rahav E, Berman Frank IR, Tsiola A, Tsapakis M, Giannakourou A, Gogou A, Panagiotopoulos C, Violaki K, Psarra S, Lagaria A, Christou ED, Papageorgiou N, Zervoudaki S, Puelles MLFd, Nikolioudakis N, Meador TB, Tanaka T, Pedrotti ML, Krom MD and Pitta P (2017) Atmospheric Deposition Effects on Plankton Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Mesocosm Experimen...

plan: Kinnison-Palkovacs redo with electric exclosures. Focus on trophic cascades and indirect effects

Citation: Pitta P, Kanakidou M, Mihalopoulos N, Christodoulaki S, Dimitriou PD, Frangoulis C, Giannakourou A, Kagiorgi M, Lagaria A, Nikolaou P, Papageorgiou N, Psarra S, Santi I, Tsapakis M, Tsiola A, Violaki K and Petihakis G (2017) Saharan Dust Deposition Effects on the Microbial Food Web in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Study Based on a Mesocosm Experiment. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:117. doi: 10.33...

Citation: Herut B, Rahav E, Tsagaraki TM, Giannakourou A, Tsiola A, Psarra S, Lagaria A, Papageorgiou N, Mihalopoulos N, Theodosi CN, Violaki K, Stathopoulou E, Scoullos M, Krom MD, Stockdale A, Shi Z, Berman-Frank I, Meador TB, Tanaka T and Paraskevi P (2016) The Potential Impact of Saharan Dust and Polluted Aerosols on Microbial Populations in the East Mediterranean Sea, an Overview of a Meso...

Citation: Taucher J, Bach LT, Boxhammer T, Nauendorf A, The Gran Canaria KOSMOS Consortium, Achterberg EP, Algueró-Muñiz M, Arístegui J, Czerny J, Esposito M, Guan W, Haunost M, Horn HG, Ludwig A, Meyer J, Spisla C, Sswat M, Stange P and Riebesell U (2017) Influence of Ocean Acidification and Deep Water Upwelling on Oligotrophic Plankton Communities in the Subtropical North Atlantic: Insights f...