Microalgae are the primary producers of carbon in marine ecosystems, fixing carbon and
subsequently generating various biomolecules such as carbohydrates, proteins and lipids …

Planktonic mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates are ubiquitous protists and often
abundant in marine environments. Recently many phototrophic dinoflagellate species have …

Essential fatty acids (EFA), which are primarily generated by phytoplankton, limit growth and
reproduction in diverse heterotrophs. The biochemical composition of phytoplankton is well …

We show the results of a comparative, cross-ecosystem, analysis of the relative importance
of ciliates as carbon sources for copepod, and, specifically, evaluated the strength of the …

Aquatic ecosystems occupy the largest part of the biosphere, and lipids in those systems
provide the densest form of energy. Total lipid energy can be used to predict features of …

The index of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the dominant mode of climatic variability in the
North Atlantic region, changed in the late 1980s (1987–1989) from a negative to a positive …

Abstract Calbet, A. 2008. The trophic roles of microzooplankton in marine systems.–ICES
Journal of Marine Science, 65: 325–331. Microzooplankton (here defined as< 200 µm …

Exploring climate and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems requires an
understanding of how trophic components interact. However, integrative end-to-end …

Fatty acids (FA) are among the most important molecules transferred across the plant–
animal interface in aquatic food webs. Particular classes of FA, such as the n-3 highly …

The functional response of the aspects of reproductive success of a southwestern Baltic
population of Acartia tonsa (Copepoda: Calanoida) was quantified in the laboratory using …