Phago-mixotrophy, the combination of photoautotrophy and phagotrophy in mixoplankton,
organisms that can combine both trophic strategies, have gained increasing attention over …

Highlights•Most multidriver temperature× CO 2 phytoplankton experiments use only two
levels of each driver.•Current studies cannot produce interaction surfaces for CO 2 and …

Phytoplankton are responsible for half of all oxygen production and drive the ocean carbon
cycle. Metabolic theory predicts that increasing global temperatures will cause …

Nitrogen (N 2) fixation by heterotrophic bacteria associated with sinking particles contributes
to marine N cycling, but a mechanistic understanding of its regulation and significance are …

Multicellular zooplankton, such as copepods, are the main link between primary producers
and fish. Most models of plankton communities, such as NPZ-type models, ignore the life …

The magnitude and efficiency of particulate carbon export from the ocean surface depends
not only on net primary production (NPP) but also on how carbon is consumed, respired …

Marine microbial communities in coastal environments are subject to both seasonal
fluctuations and anthropogenic alterations of environmental conditions. The separate …

Here we review, synthesize, and analyse the size-based approach to model unicellular
plankton cells and communities. We first review how cell size influences processes of the …

Planktonic ecosystems are usually modeled in terms of autotrophic and heterotrophic
compartments. However, the trophic strategy of unicellular organisms can take a range of …

Increased global temperatures caused by climate change are causing species to shift their
ranges and colonize new sites, creating novel assemblages that have historically not …