Eukaryotic Phytoplankton Contributing to a Seasonal Bloom and Carbon Export Revealed by Tracking Sequence Variants in the Western North Pacific

Greater diversity of eukaryotic phytoplankton than expected has been revealed recently through molecular techniques, but little is known about their temporal dynamics or fate in the open ocean. Here, we examined size-fractionated eukaryotic phytoplankton communities from the surface to abyssopelagic...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Takuhei Shiozaki, Yuu Hirose, Koji Hamasaki, Ryo Kaneko, Kazuo Ishikawa, Naomi Harada
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Subjects:	18S rRNA eukaryotic phytoplankton biological pump coastal diatoms prasinophytes
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02722/full