Environmental determinants of the distribution of planktonic diplonemids and kinetoplastids in the oceans

O Flegontova, P Flegontov… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We analysed a widely used barcode, the V9 region of the 18S rRNA gene, to study the effect
of environmental conditions on the distribution of two related heterotrophic protistan …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and seasonal variability of picoplankton abundance and growth rates in the southern Bay of Biscay

B de la Iglesia-Vélez, L Díaz-Pérez, JL Acuña… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Autotrophic and heterotrophic picoplankton play fundamental roles in marine food webs and
biogeochemical cycles. However, their growth responses have seldom been jointly …

[HTML][HTML] Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea: A Literature Review

S DARMARAKI, D DENAXA… - Mediterranean …, 2024 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged periods of exceptionally warm temperatures in the
ocean, which have forced profound transformations in marine biodiversity and socio …

[HTML][HTML] Changing ecological conditions in the marine environment generate different microbial food web structures in a repeatable manner

M Šolić, D Šantić, S Šestanović, G Kušpilić… - Frontiers in marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The mechanisms responsible for the development of various structural and functional
features of the microbial food web (MFW) and their dynamics at spatial and temporal scales …

Record-breaking salinities in the middle Adriatic during summer 2017 and concurrent changes in the microbial food web

GB Paklar, I Vilibić, B Grbec, F Matić… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oceanographic measurements carried out in the middle Adriatic during summer 2017
revealed anomalous conditions in both physical and microbial properties. High salinities …

Impact of water column stability dynamics on the succession of plankton food web types in the offshore area of the Adriatic Sea

M Šolić, D Šantić, S Šestanović, N Bojanić… - Journal of Sea …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vertical mixing and stratification are among the most important physical processes
controlling nutrient dynamics, the dominant category of primary producers and consequently …

Long-term patterns and drivers of microbial organic matter utilization in the northernmost basin of the Mediterranean Sea

V Manna, C De Vittor, M Giani, P Del Negro… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine heterotrophic prokaryotes degrade, transform, and utilize half of the organic matter
(OM) produced by photosynthesis, either in dissolved or particulate form. Microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in the trophic pathways within the microbial food web in the global warming scenario: an experimental study in the Adriatic Sea

M Šolić, D Šantić, S Šestanović, N Bojanić, S Jozić… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
A recent analysis of the Mediterranean Sea surface temperature showed significant annual
warming. Since small picoplankton microorganisms play an important role in all major …

Spatial and temporal patterns of picoplankton community in the Central and Southern Adriatic Sea

D Šantić, A Vrdoljak Tomaš, J Lušić - The Montenegrin Adriatic Coast …, 2021 - Springer
Laboratory of Microbiology at the Institute of Oceanography in Split, founded in 1947, covers
numerous research in the field of marine microbial ecology. Marine microorganisms …