… to phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacterioplankton. The defintion of phytoplankton adopted
for … As such, it is the photoautotrophic part of the plankton and a major primary producer of …

… phytoplankton but it is also, I hope, a book about some general ecological principles. I believe
that phytoplankton … I take a certain pride in using phytoplankton as model organisms in an …

… This chapter focuses on phytoplankton ecology in tropical … Phytoplankton assemblages are
generally structured by … -Becking hypothesis on phytoplankton being cosmopolitan. Diatoms, …

… -state assemblages is compared to that of phytoplankton functional groups (coda). Those
functional associations recognised as steady-state … Steady state phytoplankton assemblages …

… a great deal about phytoplankton ecology including drivers and … the state of or trend in
phytoplankton biodiversity. There have been significant efforts to share and analyze phytoplankton …

… The senior author of this chapter and many other students of phytoplankton had Braarud
as their advisor in the 1950-1970s. D. Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (1888-1957) introduced the …

… , phytoplankton account for at least half of ecosystem primary production (Cloern, 2001; Harding
et al., 2002). Hence, phytoplankton … Phytoplankton have fast growth rates, in the order of …

… facets of plankton as well as their interactions with atmosphere and other life forms, including
human. This chapter reveals the ecological and economical values of phytoplankton and …

… Plankton pumps are integrating samplers that pump a continuous stream of water to the
surface and the phytoplankton can then be rapidly concentrated by continuous filtration. …

… Plankton are at the base of the food chain and are the source … timing and composition of the
plankton. These organisms also … a comprehensive coverage of plankton variability has been …