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Table 2 The search strings that will be used for the review

From: What are the type, direction, and strength of species, community, and ecosystem responses to warming in aquatic mesocosm studies and their dependency on experimental characteristics? A systematic review protocol

Search terms

Exposure and intervention

Outcomes (response variables)

Populations

(marine OR brackish OR estuar* OR coastal OR sea OR lagoon* OR pelagic OR benth* OR demersal OR plankt* OR shore* OR intertidal OR subtidal OR ocean* OR bay* OR cove* OR harbo* OR lake* OR pond* OR bog* OR stream* OR river* OR freshwater* OR creek* OR lotic OR lentic OR headwater* OR reservoir* OR brook* OR wetland* OR *pool* OR marsh* OR watershed* OR catchment* OR limnol* OR glacial* OR “inland waters”)

(“climate change” OR “global change” OR warm* OR temperatur* OR heat* OR thermal*) AND (mesocosm* OR microcosm* OR chamber* OR container* OR enclosure* OR tank* OR flow-through* OR benthocosm* OR experiment* OR test*)

((“species richness” OR diversity OR “community structure” OR evenness OR biodiversity OR bio-diversity OR “biological diversity” OR Shannon* OR “Simpson index” OR “abundance-biomass curve*” OR “species abundance distribution*” OR “community similarity” OR “community dissimilarity” OR “genetic variation”) OR (“energy flow*” OR “energy flux*” OR “flow* of energy” OR “Flux* of energy” OR biogeochemical OR “nutrient cycl*” OR “cycling of nutrient*” OR “Nutrient dynamics” OR “nutrient flux*” OR “nutrient flow*” OR “Flow* of nutrient*” OR “Flux* of nutrient*” OR “nutrient retention” OR “cycling of carbon” OR “carbon cycl*” OR “carbon stor*” OR “carbon flow*” OR “carbon flux*” OR “flow* of carbon” OR “flux* of carbon” OR “cycling of sul*ur” OR “Sul*ur cycl*” OR “flow* of sul*ur” OR “flux* of sul*ur” OR “sul*ur flux*” OR”sul*ur flow*” OR “hydrogen sul*ide” OR “cycling of nitrogen” OR “nitrogen cycl*” OR “flow* of nitrogen” OR “flux* of nitrogen” OR “nitrogen flux*” OR “nitrogen flow*” OR *nitrification OR anammox OR dnra OR “cycling of phosphorus” OR “ phosphorus cycl*” OR “flow* of phosphorus” OR “flux* of phosphorus” OR “phosphorus flux*” OR “phosphorus flow*” OR “cycling of oxygen” OR “oxygen cycl*” OR “flow* of oxygen” OR “flux* of oxygen” OR “oxygen flux*” OR “oxygen flow*” OR anoxi* OR hypoxi* OR bioturbation OR grazing OR foraging OR herbivory OR predation OR scavengers OR scavenging OR respiration OR ecosystem metabolism OR “sediment stabili*” OR “sediment mixing” OR resilience OR stability OR resistance) OR (“primary product*” OR chlorophyll OR “secondary product*” OR “bacterial productivity” OR “carbon fixation” OR “community respiration” OR “ecosystem respiration” OR “community metabolism” OR “ecosystem metabolism” OR “abundance” OR “productivity” OR “biomass” OR “metabolism” OR mortalit* OR survival OR growth OR cover OR densit* OR resilience OR “temporal stability” OR resistance))