Time series and beyond: multifaceted plankton research at a marine Mediterranean LTER site

A Zingone, D D'Alelio, MG Mazzocchi… - Nature …, 2019‏ - ricerca.ogs.it
Plankton are a pivotal component of the diversity and functioning of coastal marine
ecosystems. A long time-series of observations is the best tool to trace their patterns and …

Global diversity and biogeography of Skeletonema species (Bacillariophyta)

WHCF Kooistra, D Sarno, S Balzano, H Gu… - Protist, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that the cosmopolitan diatom Skeletonema costatum sensu lato
is composed of several morphologically and genetically distinct species. To assess whether …

Main species characteristics of phytoplankton spring blooms in NE Atlantic and Arctic waters (68–80 N)

M Degerlund, HC Eilertsen - Estuaries and coasts, 2010‏ - Springer
A compilation of phytoplankton species abundance data from the spring bloom along the
northern Norwegian coast and in the Barents Sea shows that the quantitatively most …

Review of phenotypic response of diatoms to salinization with biotechnological relevance

C Stenger-Kovács, VB Béres, K Buczkó, JT Al-Imari… - Hydrobiologia, 2023‏ - Springer
Salinization is one of the main global environmental issues of the Anthropocene with various
consequences for aquatic ecosystems. To understand diatom ecology and evolution from …

Effects of salinity on the growth rate and morphology of ten Skeletonema strains

S Balzano, D Sarno… - Journal of plankton …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Skeletonema comprises a planktonic genus of centric diatoms occurring in coastal and
brackish waters worldwide. The most commonly reported species, Skeletonema costatum …

Barcoding of diatoms: nuclear encoded ITS revisited

MBJ Moniz, I Kaczmarska - Protist, 2010‏ - Elsevier
DNA-barcoding is based on the premise that the divergence of a small DNA fragment
coincides with biological separation of species. If true, it offers an additional tool for …

Resolving cryptic species complexes in marine protists: phylogenetic haplotype networks meet global DNA metabarcoding datasets

D De Luca, R Piredda, D Sarno… - The ISME …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Marine protists have traditionally been assumed to be lowly diverse and cosmopolitan. Yet,
several recent studies have shown that many protist species actually consist of cryptic …

Molecular systematics and the diatom species

AJ Alverson - Protist, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Diatoms are unicellular heterokont algae known most notably for their elaborately
ornamented cell walls of opaline silica. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) …

A full‐length 18S ribosomal DNA metabarcoding approach for determining protist community diversity using Nanopore sequencing

CC Gaonkar, L Campbell - Ecology and Evolution, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Protist diversity studies are frequently conducted using DNA metabarcoding methods.
Currently, most studies have utilized short read sequences to assess protist diversity. One …

Phytoplankton seasonal dynamics under conditions of climate change and anthropogenic pollution in the western coastal waters of the Black Sea (Sevastopol Region …

L Stelmakh, N Kovrigina, T Gorbunova - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The studies of seasonal phytoplankton dynamics, its growth rate, and microzooplankton
grazing were conducted on two stations in the western Black Sea coastal waters near …