Plankton microplankton

Gajewski, A. J., and R. J. Chrost. 1995. Production and enzymatic decomposition of organic matter by microplankton in a eutrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 17 709—728. 

Varela, M. M., Barquero, S., Bode, A., Femadez, E., Gonzalez, N., Teira, E., and Varela, M. (2003a). Microplanktonic regeneration of ammonium and dissolved organic nitrogen in the upwelhng area of the NW of Spain Relationships with dissolved organic carbon production and phytoplankton size structure. J. Plankton Res. 25(7), 719—736. 

Kimor, B., Gordon, N., et al. (1992). Symbiotic associations among the microplankton in oligotrophic marine environments, with special reference to the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea. J. Plankton Res. 14, 1217-1231. 

The organic biomarker proxy for past sea surface temperatures ( U37 ) came to paleoceano-graphy from an unexpected direction. Nearly aU paleoceanographic tools rely on some aspect of the fossilized hard parts of marine organisms. Thus, assemblages of calcareous microplankton such as foraminifera and coccoliths, or of siliceous plankton such as radiolaria and diatoms, provided the basis for the CLIMAP reconstruction of the Ice Age ocean (CLIMAP, 1976, 1981). Additionally, a host of chemical methods relies on the same hard parts to furnish isotopic and trace element... 

S. Halac, M. Felip, L. Camarero, S. Sommaruga-Wograth, R. Psenner, J. Catalan, R. Sommaruga (1997). An in situ enclosure experiment to test the solar UV-B impact on microplankton in a high altitude mountain lake I) lack of effect on phytoplankton species composition and growth. J. Plankton Res., 19,1671-1687. 

The phytoplankton community in the offshore region is dominated by pico- and nano-plankton, with microplankton and eukaryotes only important in coastal regions and upwelling areas associated with mesoscale features such as the Rhodes Gyre. Heterotrophic bacteria are an important component of this nutrient depleted system. Both depth integrated chlorophyll a and primary productivity levels are extremely low, characteristic of ultra-oligotrophic systems. 

Berdalet, E., Marrase, C., Estrada, M., Arin, L. and MacLean, M.L. (1996) Microbial community responses to nitrogen- and phosphorus-deficient nutrient inputs microplankton dynamics and biochemical characterization. Journal of Plankton Research, 18, 1627-1641. 

However, diversity is one of the most obvious features of most collections of organisms, and coastal plankton is no exception to this. One possible explanation is that such diversity is a mere biological epiphenomenon, the result of life s tendency to vary without biogeochemical cause or consequence. In this chapter, however, we explore the extent to which microplanktonic diversity... 

Roberts, E.C., Davidson, K. and Gilpin, L.C. Response of microplankton communities to N Si ratio perturbation. Journal of Plankton Research (submitted). 

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