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Open AccessVertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production
Marine net primary production (NPP) is remarkably high given the typical vertical separation of 50–150 m between the depth zones of light and nutrient sufficiency, respectively. Here we present evidence that m...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Vertical migration by bulk phytoplankton sustains biodiversity and nutrient input to the surface ocean
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessVertical migration by bulk phytoplankton sustains biodiversity and nutrient input to the surface ocean
Phytoplankton subsumes the great variety of unicellular photoautotrophs that perform roughly half of Earth’s primary production. They achieve this despite their challenging oceanic habitat, with opposing verti...
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Rather than spatial means of biomass, observed overlap in the intermittent spatial distributions of aquatic predators and prey is known to be more important for determining the flow of nutrients and energy up ...
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Open AccessPhytoplankton size-diversity mediates an emergent trade-off in ecosystem functioning for rare versus frequent disturbances
Biodiversity is known to be an important determinant of ecosystem-level functions and processes. Although theories have been proposed to explain the generally positive relationship between, for example, biodiv...
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Coupled 1-D physical–biological model study of phytoplankton production at two contrasting time-series stations in the western North Pacific
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We used a one dimensional, multi-element model to simulate the primary production (PP), recycling and export of organic matter at Stn. ALOHA, near Hawaii. We compared versions of the model with and without the...
