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 …

The Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) is a relatively small ocean basin with an unusually
high nitrate to phosphate ratio in the deep waters (∼ 28: 1). As a consequence, the typical …

Upon phosphorus (P) deficiency, marine phytoplankton reduce their requirements for P by
replacing membrane phospholipids with alternative non-phosphorus lipids. It was very …

This paper synthesizes recent findings regarding microbial distributions and processes in
the bathypelagic ocean (depth> 1000m). Abundance, production and respiration of …

Biological communities populating the Mediterranean Sea, which is situated at the northern
boundary of the subtropics, are often claimed to be particularly affected by global warming …

This study attempts to elucidate the dynamics of phytoplankton biomass (as Chl-a),
productivity, community structure and bloom formation in different regions of the oligotrophic …

This study considers variability in phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacterial abundances
and production rates, in one of the most oligotrophic marine regions in the world–the …

Determining the factors that influence marine microbial growth and community structure are
critical for the understanding of global carbon cycling. Since the early twentieth century, it …

The temporal distributions of microphytoplankton were studied monthly over 2 years in the
shelf and the offshore waters of the “low nutrients low chlorophyll”(LNLC) southeastern (SE) …

Nitrogen (N2) fixation rates were determined on bulk water collected in the Gulf of Aqaba,
Red Sea, during fall (stratified, oligotrophic) and spring (deep mixing, mesotrophic) seasons …