Abstract Subtropical gyres cover 26%–29% of the world's surface ocean and are
conventionally regarded as ocean deserts due to their permanent stratification, depleted …

Observations reveal a poleward expansion of the tropics in recent decades, implying a
potential role of human activity. However, although theory and modelling suggest increasing …

Temperature and nutrient supply interactively control phytoplankton growth and productivity,
yet the role of these drivers together still has not been determined experimentally over large …

Global satellite observations document expansions of the low-chlorophyll central ocean
gyres and an overall inverse relationship between anomalies in sea surface temperature …

Global increases in atmospheric CO2 and temperature are associated with changes in
ocean chemistry and circulation, altering light and nutrient regimes. Resulting changes in …

Phytoplankton are key players in the global carbon cycle, contributing about half of global
primary productivity. Within the phytoplankton, functional groups (characterized by distinct …

Abstract Changes in marine plankton communities driven by environmental variability
impact the marine food web and global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and other …

Marine photosynthetic plankton are responsible for approximately 50 petagrams (1015) of
carbon per year of net primary production, an amount equivalent to that on land. This …

Global climate change is predicted to alter the ocean's biological productivity. But how will
we recognise the impacts of climate change on ocean productivity? The most …

In recent decades, it has been found useful to partition the pelagic environment using the
concept of biogeochemical provinces, or BGCPs, within each of which it is assumed that …