Cyanobacteria under climate change: looking into the past to predict the future through integration of resurrection ecology, experimental evolutionary and ecosystem modelling approaches acronym: CYA-REMo (Cyanobacteria-Resurrection-Evolution-Modeling studies)

• Applicants: Professorin Dr. Inga Hense; Dr. Anke Kremp, Ph.D.; Professorin Dr. Elisa Schaum, Ph.D.
• Subject Area: Oceanography
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 450278268

Cyanobacteria are thriving in many aquatic systems and have recently increased in abundance. To shed light on the reasons for and the consequences of their success we will carry out resurrection, evolutionary and model experiments. We will 1) investigate whether cyanobacteria have evolved to warmer environmental conditions, 2) quantify their evolutionary potential to cope with even higher temperatures and 3) assess (by taking into account ecosystem and biogeochemical feedback mechanisms) their potential to dominate future phytoplankton communities in a seasonally-varying and overall warmer environment. This study is the basis for improved climate projections, that include the evolutionary response of key organisms.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Finland, Poland
• Cooperation Partners: Professorin Dr. Hanna Mazur-Marzec; Dr. Sanna Suikkanen