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

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

Diatoms are major oceanic primary producers, but some species belonging to the nano- and even picoplankton size are poorly characterized. Here the authors describe a massive spring bloom of the smallest known diatom in the Mediterranean Sea and reveal their general oversight at the global scale.

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Main Authors: Karine Leblanc, Bernard Quéguiner, Frédéric Diaz, Véronique Cornet, Mónica Michel-Rodriguez, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, Chris Bowler, Shruti Malviya, Melilotus Thyssen, Gérald Grégori, Mathieu Rembauville, Olivier Grosso, Julie Poulain, Colomban de Vargas, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Pascal Conan
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/19e16a1060f94e15b0de50b75bc89e2b
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