Given the problems of species delimitation in algae using morphology or sexual
compatibility, molecular data are becoming the standard for delimiting species and testing …

Under global change, populations have four possible responses:'migrate, acclimate, adapt
or die'(Gienapp et al. 2008 Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and …

Green algae (Chlorophyta) are an important group of microalgae whose diversity and
ecological importance in marine systems has been little studied. In this review, we first …

Microbial plankton form the productive base of both marine and freshwater ecosystems and
are key drivers of global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients. Plankton diversity is …

Tiny photosynthetic microorganisms that form the picoplankton (between 0.3 and 3 μm in
diameter) are at the base of the food web in many marine ecosystems, and their adaptability …

Mamiellophyceae (unicellular green algae) are a key phytoplankton group in coastal waters.
Although extensively studied over the last 20 years, the overall oceanic distribution of the …

Ostreococcus spp. are unicellular organisms with one of the simplest cellular organizations.
The sequencing of the genomes of different Ostreococcus species has reinforced this status …

Marine phytoplankton can evolve rapidly when confronted with aspects of climate change
because of their large population sizes and fast generation times. Despite this, the …

This volume covers the freshwater, aerophytic, and terrestrial green algae of the
Ulvophyceae, one of the main classes of green algae. Although most of this diversity is …

Phytoplankton are exposed to dramatic variations in light quality when cells are carried by
upwelling or downwelling currents or encounter sediment. We investigated the potential …