Is Oligotrophy an Equalizing Factor Driving Microplankton Species Functional Diversity Within Agulhas Rings?

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Cesar-Ribeiro, Caio, Piedras, Fernanda R., da Cunha, Leticia C., de Lima, Domênica T., Pinho, Luana Q., Moser, Gleyci A. O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Forsa; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.599185; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.599185/full

From the southwestern termination of the Agulhas current, anticyclonic eddies are emitted and drift across the South Atlantic Ocean. This study is based on a FORSA (Following Ocean Rings in the South Atlantic) oceanographic cruise, from Cape Town (South AFRica) to Arraial do Cabo (Brazil) in June 20...