The minute photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorococcus, which was discovered about 10
years ago, has proven exceptional from several standpoints. Its tiny size (0.5 to 0.7 μm in …

This book presents an in-depth discussion of the biological and ecological geography of the
oceans. It synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography …

Flow cytometry is rapidly becoming a routine methodology in aquatic microbial ecology. The
combination of simple to use bench-top flow cytometers and highly fluorescent nucleic acid …

The smallest marine phytoplankton, collectively termed picophytoplankton, have been
routinely enumerated by flow cytometry since the late 1980s during cruises throughout most …

Although it is nominally a tropical locale, the semiannual wind reversals associated with the
Monsoon system of the Arabian Sea result annually in two distinct periods of elevated …

Marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria are major contributors to global oceanic primary
production and exhibit a unique diversity of photosynthetic pigments, allowing them to …

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 …

Characterization of two genetically distinct groups of marine Synechococcus sp. strains
shows that one, but not the other, increases its phycourobilin/phycoerythrobilin chromophore …

We investigated the feeding by 18 red-tide dinoflagellate species on the cyanobacterium
Synechococcus sp. We also calculated grazing coefficients by combining the field data on …

The oligotrophic waters of the Subtropical Gyres cover> 60% of the total ocean surface and
contribute> 30% of the global marine carbon fixation. Despite apparently uniform growth …