Mesoscale phenomena are ubiquitous and highly energetic features of ocean circulation.
Their influence on biological and biogeochemical processes varies widely, stemming not …

This work reviews the present position of and surveys future perspectives in the physics of
chaotic advection: the field that emerged three decades ago at the intersection of fluid …

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 …

The intriguing impact of physical mixing processes on species interactions has always
fascinated ecologists. Here, we exploit recent advances in plankton models to develop …

A key challenge in ecology is to understand how nutrients and light affect the biodiversity
and community structure of phytoplankton and plant communities. According to resource …

The biogeochemical role of phytoplanktonic organisms strongly varies from one plankton
type to another, and their relative abundance and distribution have fundamental …

Explanations for the patchy distribution of marine phytoplankton are critically reviewed with
the focus on the role played by lateral advection and mixing. Generating mechanisms for …

For over four decades, aggregations of phytoplankton known as thin layers have been
observed to harbor large amounts of photosynthetic cells within narrow horizontal bands …

In a classical paper, Hutchinson (1961) argued that the large number of species in most
plankton communities is remarkable in view of the competitive exclusion principle, which …

Chemical and biological processes often take place in fluid flows. Many of them, like
environmental or microfluidical ones, generate filamentary patterns which have a fractal …