Spatial variability of microzooplankton grazing on phytoplankton in coastal southern Florida, USA [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Microzooplankton are considered the primary consumers of phytoplankton in marine environments. Microzooplankton grazing rates on phytoplankton have been studied across the globe, but there are still large regions of the ocean that are understudied, such ...
Nicole Millette +4 more
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The Possession of Coccoliths Fails to Deter Microzooplankton Grazers [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Phytoplankton play a central role in the regulation of global carbon and nutrient cycles, forming the basis of the marine food webs. A group of biogeochemically important phytoplankton, the coccolithophores, produce calcium carbonate scales that have ...
Kyle M. J. Mayers +14 more
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Microzooplankton regulation of surface ocean POC:PON ratios [PDF]
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2016 The elemental composition of particulate organic matter in the surface ocean significantly affects the efficiency of the ocean's store of carbon. Though the elemental composition of primary producers is an important factor, recent observations from the ...
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Trophic upgrading and mobilization of wax esters in microzooplankton [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Heterotrophic protists play pivotal roles in aquatic ecosystems by transferring matter and energy, including lipids, from primary producers to higher trophic predators.
D\u27souza, Nigel +7 more
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Microbial plankton communities in the coastal southeastern Black Sea: biomass, composition and trophic interactions [PDF]
Oceanologia, 2018 Summary: We investigated biomass and composition of the pico-, nano- and microplankton communities in a coastal station of the southeastern Black Sea during 2011.
Ulgen Aytan +4 more
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Hydrographic Feature Variation Caused Pronounced Differences in Planktonic Ciliate Community in the Pacific Arctic Region in the Summer of 2016 and 2019 [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Planktonic ciliates are an important component of microzooplankton, but there is limited understanding of their responses to changing environmental conditions in the Pacific Arctic Region. We investigated the variations of ciliate community structure and
Chaofeng Wang +15 more
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Microzooplankton grazing in the gulf of california
Ciencias Marinas, 2001 Microzooplankton (organisms < 200 μm) grazing rates were determined using the dilution technique at nine stations in the central region of the Gulf of California and one in the sill of the Guaymas Basin, during spring, summer, and autumn 1995.
J García-Pámanes, JR Lara-Lara
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Heatwave‐induced functional shifts in zooplankton communities result in weaker top‐down control on phytoplankton [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionFreshwater ecosystems are increasingly affected by rising annual mean temperatures and heatwaves. While heatwaves are expected to have more immediate effects than mean temperature increases on local communities, comparative experimental studies are ...
Thu‐Hương Huỳnh +6 more
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Microzooplankton production in the oceans [PDF]
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2004 Abstract A literature synthesis of phytoplankton growth (μ) and grazing (m) rate estimates from dilution experiments reveals that microzooplankton account for most phytoplankton mortality in the oceans, averaging 60–75% of daily phytoplankton production (PP) across a spectrum of open-ocean and coastal systems. For reasonable estimates of
Landry, Mr, Calbet, A
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The dilution experiment technique was used in two cruises in July-August (summer) and October-November (autumn) 2020, with a total of 14 stations. The grazing impact of microzooplankton on phytoplankton in the interior of Bohai Bay was comprehensively ...
Yujian Wen +11 more
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