Trait-based approaches to investigate (short-and long-term) phytoplankton dynamics and
community assembly have become increasingly popular in freshwater and marine science …

Ocean-related global change has strongly affected the competition between key marine
phytoplankton groups, such as diatoms and dinoflagellates, especially with the deleterious …

Recent studies clearly support a positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF)
relationship in phytoplankton. As taxon richness does not quantify functional diversity …

The recently increased interest in marine trait-based studies highlights one general demand–
the access to standardized, reference-based trait information. This demand holds especially …

Species composition plays a key role in ecosystem functioning. Theoretical, experimental
and field studies show positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem processes. However, this …

Phytoplankton are the main primary producers in aquatic ecosystems and play an important
role in food web and geochemical cycles. Its diversity, community structure, and assembly …

Marine net primary production (NPP) is remarkably high given the typical vertical separation
of 50–150 m between the depth zones of light and nutrient sufficiency, respectively. Here we …

Phytoplanktonic organisms are particularly sensitive to environmental change, and, as they
represent a direct link between abiotic and biotic compartments within the marine food web …

Understanding and explaining the structure of communities in response to environmental
gradients is a central goal in ecology. Trait‐based approaches are promising but yet rarely …

Phytoplankton subsumes the great variety of unicellular photoautotrophs that perform
roughly half of Earth's primary production. They achieve this despite their challenging …