Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export

Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export

Diatoms are major oceanic primary producers, but some species belonging to the nano- and even picoplankton size are poorly characterized. Here the authors describe a massive spring bloom of the smallest known diatom in the Mediterranean Sea and reveal their general oversight at the global scale.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karine Leblanc, Bernard Quéguiner, Frédéric Diaz, Véronique Cornet, Mónica Michel-Rodriguez, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, Chris Bowler, Shruti Malviya, Melilotus Thyssen, Gérald Grégori, Mathieu Rembauville, Olivier Grosso, Julie Poulain, Colomban de Vargas, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Pascal Conan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03376-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03376-9

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