Comment on "Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean"

Thingstad et al. (Reports, 12 August 2005, p. 1068) reported that in situ mesoscale phosphorus enrichment of the eastern Mediterranean Sea altered selected biological parameters and concluded that the added phosphorus was rapidly transferred from bacteria to mesozooplankton. However, because of a la...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2006-06, Vol.312 (5781), p.1748; author reply 1748-1748
Main Authors: Hale, Michelle S, Rivkin, Richard B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Bacteria - growth & development
Bacteria - metabolism
Chlorophyll - analysis
Copepoda - physiology
Ecosystem
Food Chain
Mediterranean Sea
Phosphates - metabolism
Phosphorus - analysis
Phytoplankton - growth & development
Phytoplankton - metabolism
Seawater - chemistry
Seawater - microbiology
Zooplankton - genetics
Zooplankton - metabolism
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Summary:Thingstad et al. (Reports, 12 August 2005, p. 1068) reported that in situ mesoscale phosphorus enrichment of the eastern Mediterranean Sea altered selected biological parameters and concluded that the added phosphorus was rapidly transferred from bacteria to mesozooplankton. However, because of a lack of replication and a misinterpretation of their statistical analyses, that conclusion is not supported by the data.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1126131