Reply to Brun et al.: Fingerprint of evolution revealed by shifts in realized phytoplankton niches in natural populations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada E4L 1E6; airwin@mta.ca.
² Environmental Science Program, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada E4L 1A7;
³ Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/IMaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
⁴ Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Universidad de Oriente, Boca de Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

Comment

Andrew J Irwin et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):E5225.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1514396112. Epub 2015 Sep 4.

¹ Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada E4L 1E6; airwin@mta.ca.
² Environmental Science Program, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada E4L 1A7;
³ Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/IMaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
⁴ Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Universidad de Oriente, Boca de Río, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Phytoplankton adapt to changing ocean environments.
Irwin AJ, Finkel ZV, Müller-Karger FE, Troccoli Ghinaglia L. Irwin AJ, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 May 5;112(18):5762-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1414752112. Epub 2015 Apr 20. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 25902497 Free PMC article.
Measuring evolutionary adaptation of phytoplankton with local field observations.
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