Diatom silica production under future ocean conditions, genes to biomes

该项目旨在量化海洋变暖和酸化将如何改变天然硅藻组合和二氧化硅生产速率，以预测未来海洋中碳和硅的循环和转移的变化。该项目期望通过整合生理学、分子生物学和定量建模等学科，产生关于硅藻硅化的环境控制及其海洋尺度影响的新知识。预期的结果包括在海洋生产力和硅循环的未来模拟方面取得重大进展，以及更深入地了解气候变化对海洋生物的威胁。这将带来重大好处，例如提高对海洋生态系统可持续性的评价。

This project aims to quantify how ocean warming and acidification will alter natural diatom assemblages and silica production rates to predict changes in the cycling and transfer of carbon and silicon in the future ocean. This project expects to generate new knowledge of environmental controls on diatom silicification and their ocean-scale implications by integrating the disciplines of physiology, molecular biology and quantitative modelling. Expected outcomes include essential advancements in future simulations of marine productivity and silicon cycling and a deeper understanding of threats to marine life from climate change. This should provide significant benefits such as improved valuations on the sustainability of ocean ecosystems.