A5067274460- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
2021-2024
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
2024
Unicellular eukaryotic plankton communities (protists) are the major basis of marine food web. The spring bloom is especially important, because its high biomass. However, it poorly described how protist community composition in Arctic surface waters develops from winter to spring. We show that mixotrophic and parasitic organisms prominent dark period. transition period toward event was characterized by a relative abundance dinoflagellates, while centric diatoms haptophyte Phaeocystis...
Abstract Unicellular plankton communities (protists) are the basis of marine food web. The spring bloom is especially important, because its high biomass. However, it poorly described how protist community structure in Arctic surface waters develops from winter to spring. We show that mixotrophy and parasitism prominent trophic modes dark period. transition period was characterized by a relative abundance mixotrophic dinoflagellates, while centric diatoms haptophyte Phaeocystis pouchetii...