Machine learning for the study of plankton and marine snow from images

JO Irisson, SD Ayata, DJ Lindsay… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Quantitative imaging instruments produce a large number of images of plankton and marine
snow, acquired in a controlled manner, from which the visual characteristics of individual …

The land–sea connection: insights into the plant lineage from a green algal perspective

C Bachy, F Wittmers, J Muschiol… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The colonization of land by plants generated opportunities for the rise of new heterotrophic
life forms, including humankind. A unique event underpinned this massive change to earth …

Thoughts on the evolution and ecological niche of diatoms

MJ Behrenfeld, KH Halsey, E Boss… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are the most recent major algal lineage added to the geological record, appearing
more than 200 million years ago. They are stramenopile protists resulting from a secondary …

Comprehensive single‐PCR 16S and 18S rRNA community analysis validated with mock communities, and estimation of sequencing bias against 18S

YC Yeh, J McNichol, DM Needham… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Universal primers for SSU rRNA genes allow profiling of natural communities by
simultaneously amplifying templates from Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota in a single PCR …

Warming and microplastic pollution shape the carbon and nitrogen cycles of algae

X Hou, L Mu, X Hu, S Guo - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Oceans absorb most excess heat from anthropogenic activities, leading to ocean warming.
Moreover, microplastic pollution from anthropogenic activities is serious in marine …

Broad phylogenetic and functional diversity among mixotrophic consumers of Prochlorococcus

Q Li, KF Edwards, CR Schvarcz, GF Steward - The ISME journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Small eukaryotic phytoplankton are major contributors to global primary production and
marine biogeochemical cycles. Many taxa are thought to be mixotrophic, but quantitative …

Phytoplankton communities miniaturization driven by extreme weather in subtropical estuary under climate changes

X Ding, J Liu, W Liu, S Dai, Z Ke, J Guo, Y Lai, Y Tan - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Estuarine ecosystems are subject to extreme weather and climatic events, particularly global
climate change. To characterize the effects of extreme weather, such as heavy precipitation …

Microeukaryote metabolism across the western North Atlantic Ocean revealed through autonomous underwater profiling

NR Cohen, AI Krinos, RM Kell, RJ Chmiel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microeukaryotes are key contributors to marine carbon cycling. Their physiology, ecology,
and interactions with the chemical environment are poorly understood in offshore …

Seasonality of the microbial community composition in the North Atlantic

LM Bolaños, CJ Choi, AZ Worden, N Baetge… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Planktonic communities constitute the basis of life in marine environments and have
profound impacts in geochemical cycles. In the North Atlantic, seasonality drives annual …

Phytoplankton community structuring and succession in a competition-neutral resource landscape

MJ Behrenfeld, ES Boss, KH Halsey - ISME communications, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Phytoplankton community composition and succession affect aquatic food webs and
biogeochemistry. Resource competition is commonly viewed as an important governing …