One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

Microbes of the surface ocean release, consume, and exchange labile metabolites at time
scales of minutes to days. The details of this important step in the global carbon cycle remain …

The ability of marine bacteria to direct their movement in response to chemical gradients
influences inter-species interactions, nutrient turnover, and ecosystem productivity. While …

This chapter discusses the factors known to influence the photosynthesis, primary
production and biomass of these two groups of primary producers, and the application of …

Diatoms are a major component of phytoplankton community. They tend to dominate under
natural high-nutrient concentrations, as well as during artificial Fe fertilisation experiments …

Phytoplankton blooms are prominent features of biological variability in shallow coastal
ecosystems such as estuaries, lagoons, bays, and tidal rivers. Long‐term observation and …

Sea-surface warming, sea-ice melting and related freshening, changes in circulation and
mixing regimes, and ocean acidification induced by the present climate changes are …

Phaeocystis is a genus of marine phytoplankton with a world-wide distribution. It has a
polymorphic life cycle alternating free-living cells and colonies but develops massive blooms …

Phytoplankton population dynamics are the result of imbalances between reproduction and
losses. Losses include grazing, sinking, and natural mortality. As the importance of microbes …

Since the first edition of Nitrogen in the Environment published in 1983, it has been
recognized as the standard in the field. In the time since the book first appeared, there has …