Mixotrophy, the combination of autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition, is a common trophic
strategy among unicellular eukaryotes in the ocean. There are a number of hypotheses …

Small eukaryotic phytoplankton are major contributors to global primary production and
marine biogeochemical cycles. Many taxa are thought to be mixotrophic, but quantitative …

Aim Most protist plankton are mixotrophic, with potential to engage in photoautotrophy and
phagotrophy; however, the ecology of these organisms has been misdiagnosed for over a …

Mixotrophic plankton can comprise a substantial portion of the plankton community
compared to phytoplankton and zooplankton. However, there is a gap in the understanding …

While traditional microplankton community assessments focus primarily on phytoplankton
and protozooplankton, the last decade has witnessed a growing recognition of photo-phago …

Flow cytometric data collected from more than 250 stations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
were analyzed to determine the factors affecting the depth and magnitude of the subsurface …

The concentrations of dissolved iron (DFe), iron-binding ligands (L Fe), and electroactive
humic-like substances (eHS) were revealed in the upper 200 m along the 170° W latitudinal …

Mixotrophic phytoplankton are an important component of the microbial communities of the
open ocean surface. They can control the metabolic balance and biogeochemical cycling of …

To better understand the nutrient assimilation characteristics of subtropical phytoplankton,
deep-water addition incubation experiments were carried out on surface waters collected at …

Mixotrophic protists, which combine the use of photosynthesis and prey ingestion to obtain
nutrients for growth, comprise a substantial portion of the plankton community. However …