Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation

CM Moore, MM Mills, KR Arrigo, I Berman-Frank… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Microbial activity is a fundamental component of oceanic nutrient cycles. Photosynthetic
microbes, collectively termed phytoplankton, are responsible for the vast majority of primary …

The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: the potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

JM O'Neil, TW Davis, MA Burford, CJ Gobler - Harmful algae, 2012 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the most ancient phytoplankton on the planet and form harmful algal
blooms in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. Recent research suggests that …

The marine nitrogen cycle: recent discoveries, uncertainties and the potential relevance of climate change

M Voss, HW Bange, JW Dippner… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ocean's nitrogen cycle is driven by complex microbial transformations, including
nitrogen fixation, assimilation, nitrification, anammox and denitrification. Dinitrogen is the …

Microbially mediated transformations of phosphorus in the sea: new views of an old cycle

DM Karl - Annual review of marine science, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Phosphorus (P) is a required element for life. Its various chemical forms are found
throughout the lithosphere and hydrosphere, where they are acted on by numerous abiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Processes and microorganisms involved in the marine nitrogen cycle: knowledge and gaps

S Pajares, R Ramos - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen (N) is a key element for life in the oceans. It controls primary productivity in many
parts of the global ocean, consequently playing a crucial role in the uptake of atmospheric …

Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: a trait‐based perspective

E Litchman, P de Tezanos Pinto, KF Edwards… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoplankton are key players in the global carbon cycle, contributing about half of global
primary productivity. Within the phytoplankton, functional groups (characterized by distinct …

Marine phytoplankton and the changing ocean iron cycle

DA Hutchins, PW Boyd - Nature Climate Change, 2016 - nature.com
The availability of the micronutrient iron governs phytoplankton growth across much of the
ocean, but the global iron cycle is changing rapidly due to accelerating acidification …

Nutrients as the dominant control on the spread of anoxia and euxinia across the Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2): Model‐data comparison

FM Monteiro, RD Pancost, A Ridgwell… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2) is characterized by large
perturbations in the oxygen and sulfur cycles of the ocean, potentially resulting from …

The biological carbon pump in the North Atlantic

R Sanders, SA Henson, M Koski, L Christina… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mediated principally by the sinking of organic rich particles from the upper ocean, the
Biological Carbon Pump (BCP) is a significant component of the global carbon cycle. It …

Iron, phosphorus, and nitrogen supply ratios define the biogeography of nitrogen fixation

BA Ward, S Dutkiewicz, CM Moore… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We present a unified conceptual framework describing the competition between diazotrophs
and non‐nitrogen‐fixing marine plankton and their interaction with three essential nutrient …