Diatoms are the world's largest contributors to biosilicification and are one of the
predominant contributors to global carbon fixation. Silicon is a major limiting nutrient for …

Due to the major role played by diatoms in the biological pump of CO2, and to the presence
of silica-rich sediments in areas that play a major role in air–sea CO2 exchange (eg the …

The reliable and efficient production of microalgae in large-scale commercial culture,
whether in open ponds or in closed photobioreactors, requires a good understanding of the …

In aquatic ecosystems, unicellular algae form the basis of the food webs. Theoretical and
experimental studies have demonstrated that one of the mechanisms that maintain high …

The silicified cell walls of diatoms have inspired the interest of researchers for several
centuries, and our understanding of their properties and formation has developed in synch …

Diatoms are eukaryotic unicellular microalgae with cell walls made of a composite of organic
material, and silica which is often intricately and ornately shaped (Figure 1). Diatoms take up …

The Baltic Sea is affected by a range of human induced environmental pressures such as
eutrophication. Here we synthesize the ongoing shift from diatom dominance toward more …

Diatoms are the world's most diverse group of algae, comprising at least 100,000 species.
Contributing~ 20% of annual global carbon fixation, they underpin major aquatic food webs …

In the past, the importance of silicate as a limiting nutrient for new production in the ocean,
and in determining global productivity and carbon budgets, has been relegated to the lower …

The factors controlling the distribution of phytoplankton stocks, species composition, and
their physiological status in the Southern Ocean are reviewed. In the last decade, the key …