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 |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03376-9
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