Seasonal mixed layer depth shapes phytoplankton physiology, viral production, and accumulation in the North Atlantic

BP Diaz, B Knowles, CT Johns, CP Laber… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Seasonal shifts in phytoplankton accumulation and loss largely follow changes in mixed
layer depth, but the impact of mixed layer depth on cell physiology remains unexplored …

Seasonality of the microbial community composition in the North Atlantic

LM Bolaños, CJ Choi, AZ Worden, N Baetge… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Planktonic communities constitute the basis of life in marine environments and have
profound impacts in geochemical cycles. In the North Atlantic, seasonality drives annual …

Marine phytoplankton downregulate core photosynthesis and carbon storage genes upon rapid mixed layer shallowing

BP Diaz, E Zelzion, K Halsey, P Gaube… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Marine phytoplankton are a diverse group of photoautotrophic organisms and key mediators
in the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton physiology and biomass accumulation are closely …

Microzooplankton grazing constrains pathways of carbon export in the subarctic North Pacific

HM McNair, F Morison, JR Graff… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To identify the effect of microzooplankton grazing on phytoplankton abundance and size
structure, we quantified phytoplankton growth and herbivorous grazing rates throughout the …

Contrasting phytoplankton-zooplankton distributions observed through autonomous platforms, in-situ optical sensors and discrete sampling

GM Fragoso, EJ Davies, TO Fossum, JE Ullgren… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Plankton distributions are remarkably 'patchy'in the ocean. In this study, we investigated the
contrasting phytoplankton-zooplankton distributions in relation to wind mixing events in …

Altered growth and death in dilution-based viral predation assays

B Knowles, JA Bonachela, N Cieslik, A Della Penna… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Viral lysis of phytoplankton is one of the most common forms of death on Earth. Building on
an assay used extensively to assess rates of phytoplankton loss to predation by grazers …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton reaction to an intense storm in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

S Barrillon, R Fuchs, AA Petrenko, C Comby… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The study of extreme weather events and their impact on ocean physics and
biogeochemistry is challenging due to the difficulty involved with collecting in situ data …

Light fluctuations are key in modulating plankton trophic dynamics and their impact on primary production

F Morison, G Franzè, E Harvey… - Limnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surface‐ocean mixing creates dynamic light environments with predictable effects on
phytoplankton growth but unknown consequences for predation. We investigated how …

Response of phytoplankton functional types to Hurricane Fabian (2003) in the Sargasso Sea

D Avila-Alonso, JM Baetens, R Cardenas… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding how tropical cyclones affect phytoplankton communities is important for
studies on ecological variability. Most studies assessing the post-storm phytoplankton …

Grazing by microzooplankton and copepods on the microbial food web in spring in the southern Yellow Sea, China

Y Zhao, Y Dong, H Li, S Lin, L Huang, T Xiao… - Marine Life Science & …, 2020 - Springer
Assessment of microzooplankton and copepods grazing pressure on picoplankton is a key
requirement for resolving the microbial food web efficiency. Although microzooplankton …