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		<title>Testing the skill of a species distribution model using a 21st-century virtual ecosystem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 19:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bardon, L. R., Ward, B. A., Dutkiewicz, S., &#38; Cael, B. B. (2021), Testing the skill of a species distribution model using a 21st-century virtual ecosystem, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL093455 Description: Plankton communities play an important role in marine food webs, in biogeochemical cycling, and in Earth&#8217;s climate; yet observations are sparse, and predictions of how they might respond to climate change vary. Correlative species &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/testing-the-skill-of-a-species-distribution-model-using-a-21st-century-virtual-ecosystem/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Testing the skill of a species distribution model using a 21st-century virtual ecosystem</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Annual Traits Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting by Helen Hill for the MIT Darwin Project The fourth Workshop on Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life, held August 18-21, 2019 at Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire in the UK was a wonderful opportunity for Darwin Group members to catch up with former colleagues while sharing current directions in marine ecology viewed through a traits &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/fourth-annual-traits-workshop/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fourth Annual Traits Workshop</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Living a &#8220;Mixotrophic&#8221; Lifestyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study from Darwin Project researchers Ben Ward and Mick Follows some tiny plankton may have big effect on ocean’s carbon storage. Read this story at MIT News How do you find your food? Most animal species, whether they rummage through a refrigerator or stalk prey in the wild, obtain nutrients by &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/living-a-mixotrophic-lifestyle/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Living a &#8220;Mixotrophic&#8221; Lifestyle</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Mizotrophy Increases Trophic Transfer Efficiency, Mean Organism Size, and Vertical Carbon Flux</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben A. Ward and Michael J. Follows (2016), Marine Mizotrophy Increases Trophic Transfer Efficiency, Mean Organism Size, and Vertical Carbon Flux, PNAS &#8211; early online edition.]]></description>
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		<title>Life on the Edge &#8211; How shifting marine province boundaries could provide a new metric for global change</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/life-on-the-edge-how-shifting-marine-province-boundaries-could-provide-a-new-metric-for-global-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In their new competition theory paper, appearing in the 2014 issue of Biogeosciences, Dutkiewicz et al examine the sensitivity of the biogeography of nitrogen fixers to a warming climate and increased aeolian iron deposition in the context of a global earth system model. The new paper employs concepts from the resource-ratio theory to provide a simplifying &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/life-on-the-edge-how-shifting-marine-province-boundaries-could-provide-a-new-metric-for-global-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Life on the Edge &#8211; How shifting marine province boundaries could provide a new metric for global change</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding predicted shifts in diazotroph biogeography using resource competition theory</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/understanding-predicted-shifts-in-diazotroph-biogeography-using-resource-competition-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutkiewicz, S., Ward, B. A., Scott, J. R., and Follows, M. J. (2014) Understanding predicted shifts in diazotroph biogeography using resource competition theory, Biogeosciences, 11, 5445-5461, doi: 10.5194/bg-11-5445-2014.]]></description>
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		<title>The impact of fine-scale turbulence on phytoplankton community structure.</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/210/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publication: Barton, A.D., B.A. Ward, R.G. Williams, and M.J. Follows (2014), The impact of fine-scale turbulence on phytoplankton community structure. Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments, 4, 34-49, doi: 10.1215/21573689-2651533 &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin goes to Ocean Sciences 2014</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-goes-to-ocean-sciences-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2014 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving the cold of a New England February behind, the Darwin team will be in full attendance at this year&#8217;s Ocean Sciences conference taking place February 23-28 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Here are all the Darwin Project abstracts: Clayton, S.; Lin, Y. C.; Follows, M. J.; Worden, A. Z.; FINE SCALE ECOLOGY OF PICOEUKARYOTES ACROSS THE &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-goes-to-ocean-sciences-2014/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Darwin goes to Ocean Sciences 2014</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Size Structure: exploring nutrient versus grazing control</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/size-structure-exploring-nutrient-versus-grazing-control-2/</link>
		<comments>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/size-structure-exploring-nutrient-versus-grazing-control-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idealized equilibrium models have attributed the observed size structure of marine communities to the interactions between nutrient and grazing control. In a new paper in the Journal of Plankton Research Ben Ward and co-authors Stephanie Dutkiewicz and Mick Follows examine this theory in a more realistic context using a size-structured global ocean food-web model, together &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/size-structure-exploring-nutrient-versus-grazing-control-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Size Structure: exploring nutrient versus grazing control</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modelling spatial and temporal patterns in size-structured marine plankton communities: top–down and bottom–up controls</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/modelling-spatial-and-temporal-patterns-in-size-structured-marine-plankton-communities-top-down-and-bottom-up-controls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publication Ward, B.A., S. Dutkiewicz, and M.J. Follows (2014) Modelling spatial and temporal patterns in size-structured marine plankton communities: top-down and bottom-up controls, Journal of Plankton Research, 0, 1-17, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbt097]]></description>
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