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

Diatoms are one of the major primary producers in the ocean, responsible annually for ~20% of photosynthetically fixed CO 2 on Earth. In oceanic models, they are typically represented as large (>20 µm) microphytoplankton. However, many diatoms belong to the nanophytoplankton (2–20 µm) and a few s...

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Published in:Nature communications 2018-03, Vol.9 (1), p.953-12, Article 953
Main Authors: Leblanc, Karine, Quéguiner, Bernard, Diaz, Frédéric, Cornet, Véronique, Michel-Rodriguez, Mónica, Durrieu de Madron, Xavier, Bowler, Chris, Malviya, Shruti, Thyssen, Melilotus, Grégori, Gérald, Rembauville, Mathieu, Grosso, Olivier, Poulain, Julie, de Vargas, Colomban, Pujo-Pay, Mireille, Conan, Pascal
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Language:English
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Bacillariophyta
Biomass
Carbon - metabolism
Carbon dioxide
Cell Count
Chlorophyll - metabolism
Diatoms - physiology
Diatoms - ultrastructure
DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
Exports
Geography
Geologic Sediments
Humanities and Social Sciences
Life Sciences
Literature reviews
Mediterranean Sea
Microorganisms
multidisciplinary
Ocean floor
Ocean models
Oceans
Phytoplankton - classification
Phytoplankton - physiology
Phytoplankton - ultrastructure
Plankton
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Seasons
Trophic levels
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Summary:Diatoms are one of the major primary producers in the ocean, responsible annually for ~20% of photosynthetically fixed CO 2 on Earth. In oceanic models, they are typically represented as large (>20 µm) microphytoplankton. However, many diatoms belong to the nanophytoplankton (2–20 µm) and a few species even overlap with the picoplanktonic size-class (
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-03376-9