Over the past few decades, we have realized that the silica cycle is strongly intertwined with
other major biogeochemical cycles, like those of carbon and nitrogen, and as such is …

Diatoms are a major component of phytoplankton community. They tend to dominate under
natural high-nutrient concentrations, as well as during artificial Fe fertilisation experiments …

Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics provides a broad theoretical framework upon which
graduate students and upper-level undergraduates can formulate an understanding of the …

Lelong A., Hégaret H., Soudant P. and Bates SS 2012. Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae)
species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms …

Despite the growing number of in situ iron fertilization experiments, the efficiency of such
fertilization to sequester atmospheric CO2 remains largely unknown. For the first time, a …

The silicic acid uptake kinetics of diatoms were studied to provide a mechanistic explanation
for previous work demonstrating both nonsaturable and Michaelis-Menten-type saturable …

Diatoms play a major role in carbon export from surface waters, but their role in the transport
of carbon to the deep sea has been questioned by global analyses of sediment trap fluxes …

The diatoms have numerous industrial and pharmaceutical applications, especially for
carotenoids and lipid production. Here, the influence of different nitrogen (N) and iron …

Phytoplankton growth rates are limited by the supply of iron (Fe) in approximately one third
of the open ocean, with major implications for carbon dioxide sequestration and carbon (C) …

Diatoms are a major group of phytoplankton that account for approximately 40% of the
ocean carbon fixation and the vast majority of biogenic silica production through the …