Succession of primary producers and micrograzers in a coastal ecosystem dominated by Phaeocystis globosa blooms

• Published in: Journal of plankton research Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 37 - 50
• Main Authors: Grattepanche, J.-D., Breton, E., Brylinski, J.-M., Lecuyer, E., Christaki, U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Acartia clausi; Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Phaeocystis globosa; Sciences of the Universe; Temora longicornis; ANE, Europe, English Channel; Life Sciences; micrograzer community; Phaeocystis globosa; eastern English Channel; diatoms

The community structures and succession of phytoplankton, protozooplankton and copepods were studied from February 2007 to July 2009 in a coastal area of the eastern English Channel subject to Phaeocystis globosa blooms. While diatom blooms preceded P. globosa blooms each year, the community structu...