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15 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 15 Jan 2018
Tropical Atlantic climate and ecosystem regime shifts during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography, Laboratory of Palaeobotany
and Palynology, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences,
Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584CS Utrecht, the Netherlands
Gert-Jan Reichart
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht
University, Princetonplein 9, 3584CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790AB Den Burg,
Texel, the Netherlands
Jack J. Middelburg
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht
University, Princetonplein 9, 3584CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Ursula Röhl
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Leobener Straße 8, 28359, Bremen, Germany
Thomas Westerhold
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Leobener Straße 8, 28359, Bremen, Germany
Steven M. Bohaty
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus European Way Southampton, SO14
3ZH, UK
Appy Sluijs
Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography, Laboratory of Palaeobotany
and Palynology, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences,
Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584CS Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Past periods of rapid global warming such as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum are used to study biotic response to climate change. We show that very high peak PETM temperatures in the tropical Atlantic (~ 37 ºC) caused heat stress in several marine plankton groups. However, only slightly cooler temperatures afterwards allowed highly diverse plankton communities to bloom. This shows that tropical plankton communities may be susceptible to extreme warming, but may also recover rapidly.
Past periods of rapid global warming such as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum are used to...
