Significance of predation by protists in aquatic microbial food webs

EB Sherr, BF Sherr - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2002 - Springer
Predation in aquatic microbial food webs is dominated by phagotrophic protists, yet these
microorganisms are still understudied compared to bacteria and phytoplankton. In pelagic …

Microzooplankton grazing in the oceans: impacts, data variability, knowledge gaps and future directions

C Schmoker, S Hernández-León… - Journal of Plankton …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Here we review all published data on phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing
using the dilution technique to better understand the role of this group of grazers in different …

Phytoplankton growth, microzooplankton grazing, and carbon cycling in marine systems

A Calbet, MR Landry - Limnology and oceanography, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We present an analysis of the global impact of microplanktonic grazers on marine
phytoplankton and its implications for remineralization processes in the microbial …

Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995

RT Barber, J Marra, RC Bidigare, LA Codispoti… - Deep Sea Research …, 2001 - Elsevier
The annual cycle of monsoon-driven variability in primary productivity was studied in 1995
during the Arabian Sea Expedition as part of the United States Joint Global Ocean Flux …

Microbial food web structure in the Arabian Sea: a US JGOFS study

DL Garrison, MM Gowing, MP Hughes… - Deep Sea Research …, 2000 - Elsevier
One of the main objectives of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (JGOFS) program is to
develop an understanding of the factors controlling organic carbon production in the ocean …

Microzooplankton production in the oceans

MR Landry, A Calbet - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A literature synthesis of phytoplankton growth (μ) and grazing (m) rate estimates from
dilution experiments reveals that microzooplankton account for most phytoplankton mortality …

Annual ecosystem variability in the tropical Indian Ocean: Results of a coupled bio-physical ocean general circulation model

JD Wiggert, RG Murtugudde, JR Christian - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2006 - Elsevier
A coupled, 3-D bio-physical ocean general circulation model has been employed to study
biogeochemical variability in the Indian Ocean. The model's ecosystem includes two size …

Biological response to iron fertilization in the eastern equatorial Pacific (IronEx II). III. Dynamics of phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing

MR Landry, J Constantinou, M Latasa… - Marine Ecology …, 2000 - int-res.com
Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing were investigated during the IronEx II
mesoscale enrichment experiment using the seawater dilution technique combined with …

Phytoplankton blooms are strongly impacted by microzooplankton grazing in coastal North Pacific waters

SL Strom, MA Brainard, JL Holmes, MB Olson - Marine Biology, 2001 - Springer
Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing were measured in two productive
coastal regions of the North Pacific: northern Puget Sound and the coastal Gulf of Alaska …

Comparative accounts of biological productivity characteristics and estimates of carbon fluxes in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal

M Gauns, M Madhupratap, N Ramaiah… - Deep Sea Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are tropical basins experiencing monsoonal wind
forcing that reverses semi-annually. This brings changes in physics, chemistry and biology …