Diatoms can be an important exception to temperature-size rules at species and community levels of organization.

Numerous studies have linked temperature and climate warming with changes in body size across taxa, with an apparent trend that warmer conditions tend to favour smaller organisms (Atkinson 1994 ; Daufresne et al . 2009 ; Sheridan & Bickford 2011 ; Yom-Tov et al . 2010 ; Gardner et al . 2009 ; Tarone et al . 2011 ; Stelzer 2002 ; Atkinson et al . 2003 ).

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