Name
Heated Aquatic Mesocosms for Climate Warming Experiment
Legal name of organisation
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Country
China
Continent
Asia
Organisation address
73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, China
Primary contact information (PI)
Dr. Hu He
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Years of Mesocosm Experiments
Year 2016; conducted from 7 March to 3 July
Description of Facility
Mesocosms were operated at a subtropical temperature setting to compare the responses of zooplankton, phytoplankton and nutrients to warming in fish-present and fish-absent scenarios
Controlled Parameters
- Temperature (ambient/+3°C)
- Fish density (Without/with fish)
Research Topics
Fish-mediated plankton responses to increased temperature in subtropical aquatic mesocosm ecosystems
Facility location(s)
31.418517,120.218446
Primary interests
Foodweb structure; zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions
Specialist areas
Restoration of subtropical and tropical shallow lakes
Equipment
400 L fiberglass-reinforced plastic tanks (90-cm high; 80- cm inside diameter at the top; 70-cm inside diameter at the base)
Lodging
Source of Information
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