A Large Silicon Pool in Small Picophytoplankton [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Marine picophytoplankton (<2 μm) play a key role in supporting food web and energy flow in the ocean, and are major contributors to the global marine carbon (C) cycle.
Yuqiu Wei, Yuqiu Wei, Jun Sun, Jun Sun
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Picophytoplankton prevail year‐round in the Elbe estuary [PDF]
Plant-Environment InteractionsPicophytoplankton are important primary producers, but not always adequately recognized, for example, due to methodological limitations. In this study, we combined flow cytometry and metabarcoding to investigate seasonal and spatial patterns of ...
Nele Martens +2 more
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Latitudinal and meridional patterns of picophytoplankton variability are contrastingly associated with Ekman pumping and the warm pool in the tropical western Pacific [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Marine picophytoplankton plays a major role in marine cycling and energy conversion, and its effects on the carbon cycle and global climate change have been well documented.
Yu Wang +5 more
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Thermal Limits and Decline of Synechococcus Under Accelerated Warming and Marine Heatwaves [PDF]
Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.Marine picophytoplankton, including Synechococcus, contribute ~20% of ocean primary production and are considered thermally resilient. However, 7 years of observations and experiments in the Red Sea show that recent extreme warming reduced Synechococcus abundance. Seawater temperatures during marine heatwaves in 2023–2024 exceeded the thermal limits of
Luthfiyyah Azizah +3 more
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Size-Fractionated Filtration Combined with Molecular Methods Reveals the Size and Diversity of Picophytoplankton [PDF]
Biology, 2021 In this study, flow cytometry (FCM) and size-fractionated filtration, together with high-throughput molecular sequencing methods (SM), were used to investigate picophytoplankton. A particle separation filter and a higher-throughput sequencing method were
Xinze Shuwang +3 more
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Is the Dilution Technique Underestimating the Picophytoplankton Growth Measurements? [PDF]
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 In oceanic communities, picophytoplankton often dominates phytoplankton biomass and productivity. Diel variations in picophytoplankton abundance and growth have been well documented.
Pei-Chi Ho +3 more
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Picophytoplankton Niche Partitioning in the Warmest Oligotrophic Sea [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Pico-sized Synechococcus, Prochlorococcus, and eukaryotes are the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the vast warm and oligotrophic regions of the ocean.
Alexandra Coello-Camba, Susana Agustí
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Phosphorus Acquisition Strategies Among Phytoplankton and Free‐Living Bacterial Communities in the Baltic Proper [PDF]
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2026.Phosphorus is a key element for cellular functions and poses significant challenges for planktonic microbial communities under limited availability. Metagenomics highlighted that heterotrophic bacteria predominantly relied on phosphate scavenging while eukaryotic phytoplankton primarily utilized membrane remodelling to cope with limited phosphorus ...
Mollica Thomas +5 more
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Seasonality of Coastal Picophytoplankton Growth, Nutrient Limitation, and Biomass Contribution [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Picophytoplankton in the Baltic Sea includes the simplest unicellular cyanoprokaryotes (Synechococcus/Cyanobium) and photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPE).
Javier Alegria Zufia +3 more
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Experimental and field comparisons of two common methods for measuring microzooplankton grazing rates [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionGrazing on picoplankton by microbial eukaryotes is a fundamental process within aquatic food webs, particularly in oligotrophic regions that are typically dominated by picophytoplankton.
Jennifer L. Beatty +4 more
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