Springtime phytoplankton blooms photosynthetically fix carbon and export it from the surface
ocean at globally important rates. These blooms are triggered by increased light exposure of …

Ocean circulation shapes marine phytoplankton communities by setting environmental
conditions and dispersing organisms. In addition, processes acting on the water column (eg …

The current changes in our climate will likely have far‐reaching consequences for aquatic
ecosystems. These changes in the climate, however, do not act alone, and are often …

Concurrent changes in ocean chemical and physical properties influence phytoplankton
dynamics via alterations in carbonate chemistry, nutrient and trace metal inventories and …

Many issues in biological oceanography are regional or global in scope; however, there are
not many data sets of extensive areal coverage for marine plankton. In microbial ecology, a …

Climate change is expected to elicit widespread alterations to nutrient and light supply,
which interact to influence phytoplankton growth and their seasonal cycles. Using 25 years …

Early naturalists suggested that predation intensity increases toward the tropics, affecting
fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes by latitude, but empirical support is still …

Ocean warming with climate change is forcing marine organisms to shift their distributions
polewards and phenology. In warm tropical seas, evolutionary adaptation by local species to …

Biodiversity of phytoplankton is important for ecosystem stability and marine
biogeochemistry. However, the large-scale patterns of diversity are not well understood and …

The factors regulating phytoplankton community composition play a crucial role in
structuring aquatic food webs. However, consensus is still lacking about the mechanisms …