Quasi‐Antiphase Diel Patterns of Abundance and Cell Size/Biomass of Picophytoplankton in the Oligotrophic Ocean

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 49; no. 5
• Main Authors: Li, Changlin, Chiang, Kuo‐Ping, Laws, Edward A., Liu, Xin, Chen, Jixin, Huang, Yibin, Chen, Bingzhang, Tsai, An‐Yi, Huang, Bangqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 16.03.2022
• Subjects: Abundance; Biogeochemistry; Biomass; Carbon cycle; Carbon fixation; Cell division; Cell growth; Cell size; Datasets; Depletion; diel cycle; Dilution; Ecosystems; Energy storage; Flow cytometry; Food chains; Food webs; Grazing; Marine ecosystems; Microorganisms; Mortality; Night; Oceans; oligotrophic ocean; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; picophytoplankton; Picoplankton; Polls & surveys; Primary production; Prochlorococcus; Surveying; Synechococcus

Picophytoplankton are the smallest, most abundant photosynthetic organisms in the ocean. Knowledge of the diel variability of these tiny microbes has important implications for the structure of microbial food webs and key biogeochemical processes. However, insight into the mechanisms that underlie p...