Mixotrophy in the marine plankton

DK Stoecker, PJ Hansen, DA Caron… - Annual review of marine …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Mixotrophs are important components of the bacterioplankton, phytoplankton,
microzooplankton, and (sometimes) zooplankton in coastal and oceanic waters. Bacterivory …

Plankton in the open Mediterranean Sea: a review

I Siokou-Frangou, U Christaki, MG Mazzocchi… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
We present an overview of the plankton studies conducted during the last 25 years in the
epipelagic offshore waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This quasi-enclosed sea is …

[HTML][HTML] Defining planktonic protist functional groups on mechanisms for energy and nutrient acquisition: incorporation of diverse mixotrophic strategies

A Mitra, KJ Flynn, U Tillmann, JA Raven, D Caron… - Protist, 2016 - Elsevier
Arranging organisms into functional groups aids ecological research by grouping organisms
(irrespective of phylogenetic origin) that interact with environmental factors in similar ways …

Mixotrophic protists and a new paradigm for marine ecology: where does plankton research go now?

KJ Flynn, A Mitra, K Anestis, AA Anschütz… - Journal of Plankton …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Many protist plankton are mixotrophs, combining phototrophy and phagotrophy. Their role in
freshwater and marine ecology has emerged as a major developing feature of plankton …

The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump

A Mitra, KJ Flynn, JM Burkholder, T Berge… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
The traditional view of the planktonic food web describes consumption of inorganic nutrients
by photoautotrophic phytoplankton, which in turn supports zooplankton and ultimately higher …

Mixotrophs combine resource use to outcompete specialists: implications for aquatic food webs

J Tittel, V Bissinger, B Zippel… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
The majority of organisms can be grouped into those relying solely on photosynthesis
(phototrophy) or those relying solely on the assimilation of organic substances …

Major outputs of the recent multidisciplinary biogeochemical researches undertaken in the Aegean Sea

V Lykousis, G Chronis, A Tselepides, NB Price… - Journal of Marine …, 2002 - Elsevier
The main outputs of a multidisciplinary and integrated studies are summarised. The results
incorporate the latest biogeochemical researches, at basin scale, in the Aegean Sea …

Carbon flow in the planktonic food web along a gradient of oligotrophy in the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

I Siokou-Frangou, M Bianchi, U Christaki… - Journal of Marine …, 2002 - Elsevier
This work is a study of plankton food web structure and carbon flow in March and September
1997 in the Aegean Sea, area of outflow of Black Sea waters in the Mediterranean Sea …

Effect of heterotrophic versus autotrophic food on feeding and reproduction of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa: relationship with prey fatty acid composition

E Broglio, SH Jónasdóttir, A Calbet… - Aquatic Microbial …, 2003 - int-res.com
We determined the egg production efficiency (EPE: egg production/ingestion) and egg
viability of the copepod Acartia tonsa Dana under different heterotrophic and autotrophic …

A comparison of DNA metabarcoding and microscopy methodologies for the study of aquatic microbial eukaryotes

I Santi, P Kasapidis, I Karakassis, P Pitta - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The procedures and methodologies employed to study microbial eukaryotic plankton have
been thoroughly discussed. Two main schools exist—one insisting on classic microscopy …