Prochlorococcus is the key phytoplanktonic organism of tropical gyres, large ocean regions
that are depleted of the essential macronutrients needed for photosynthesis and cell growth …

Recent estimates of nutrient budgets for the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) indicate that
atmospheric aerosols play a significant role as suppliers of macro-and micro-nutrients to its …

In the Humboldt Current System (HCS), biological and non-biological components,
ecosystem processes, and fisheries are known to be affected by multi-decadal, inter-annual …

Due to the low atmospheric input of phosphate into the open ocean, it is one of the key
nutrients that could ultimately control primary production and carbon export into the deep …

The objectives of the BIOSOPE (BIogeochemistry and Optics SOuth Pacific Experiment)
project was to study, during the austral summer, the biological, biogeochemical and bio …

As the major term in downward organic carbon flux attenuation, determining prokaryotic
metabolism over depth in the mesopelagic ocean is crucial for constraining the efficiency of …

The role of bottom‐up (nutrient availability) and top‐down (grazers and viruses mortality)
controls on tropical bacterioplankton have been rarely investigated simultaneously from a …

ABSTRACT The South Pacific Gyre (SPG) covers 10% of the ocean's surface and is often
regarded as a marine biological desert. To gain an on-site overview of the remote …

Distinct distribution patterns of members of the major bacterial clades SAR11, SAR86, and
Actinobacteria were observed across a transect from the Marquesas islands through the …

Marine prokaryotes play crucial roles in ocean biogeochemical cycles, being their
contribution strongly influenced by their growth rates. Hence, elucidating the variability and …