Cultivation of microalgae requires consideration of shear stress, which is generated by
operations such as mixing, circulation, aeration and pumping that are designed to facilitate …

Small cells dominate photosynthetic biomass and primary production in many marine
ecosystems. Traditionally, picoplankton refers to cells≤ 2 μm. Here we extend the size …

The morphology of strains of Skeletonema Greville emend Sarno et Zingone was examined
in LM, TEM, and SEM and compared with sequence data from nuclear small subunit rDNA …

Diverse communities of marine phytoplankton carry out half of global primary production.
The vast diversity of the phytoplankton has long perplexed ecologists because these …

Recent studies have shown that the cosmopolitan diatom Skeletonema costatum sensu lato
is composed of several morphologically and genetically distinct species. To assess whether …

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 …

Skeletonema comprises a planktonic genus of centric diatoms occurring in coastal and
brackish waters worldwide. The most commonly reported species, Skeletonema costatum …

A high degree of pseudo‐cryptic diversity was reported in the well‐studied diatom genus
Pseudo‐nitzschia. Studies off the coast of Washington State revealed the presence of …

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 …

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 …