Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export
Abstract The organic carbon produced in the ocean’s surface by phytoplankton is either passed through the food web or exported to the ocean interior as marine snow. The rate and efficiency of such vertical export strongly depend on the size, structure and shape of individual particles, but apart fro...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41467-021-22994-4 2023-05-15T15:04:45+02:00 Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export Trudnowska, Emilia Lacour, Léo Ardyna, Mathieu Rogge, Andreas Irisson, Jean Olivier Waite, Anya M. Babin, Marcel Stemmann, Lars 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22994-4 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22994-4.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22994-4 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Nature Communications volume 12, issue 1 ISSN 2041-1723 General Physics and Astronomy General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Chemistry journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22994-4 2022-01-04T13:27:54Z Abstract The organic carbon produced in the ocean’s surface by phytoplankton is either passed through the food web or exported to the ocean interior as marine snow. The rate and efficiency of such vertical export strongly depend on the size, structure and shape of individual particles, but apart from size, other morphological properties are still not quantitatively monitored. With the growing number of in situ imaging technologies, there is now a great possibility to analyze the morphology of individual marine snow. Thus, automated methods for their classification are urgently needed. Consequently, here we present a simple, objective categorization method of marine snow into a few ecologically meaningful functional morphotypes using field data from successive phases of the Arctic phytoplankton bloom. The proposed approach is a promising tool for future studies aiming to integrate the diversity, composition and morphology of marine snow into our understanding of the biological carbon pump. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Phytoplankton Springer Nature (via Crossref) Arctic Nature Communications 12 1 |
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Abstract The organic carbon produced in the ocean’s surface by phytoplankton is either passed through the food web or exported to the ocean interior as marine snow. The rate and efficiency of such vertical export strongly depend on the size, structure and shape of individual particles, but apart from size, other morphological properties are still not quantitatively monitored. With the growing number of in situ imaging technologies, there is now a great possibility to analyze the morphology of individual marine snow. Thus, automated methods for their classification are urgently needed. Consequently, here we present a simple, objective categorization method of marine snow into a few ecologically meaningful functional morphotypes using field data from successive phases of the Arctic phytoplankton bloom. The proposed approach is a promising tool for future studies aiming to integrate the diversity, composition and morphology of marine snow into our understanding of the biological carbon pump. |
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Trudnowska, Emilia Lacour, Léo Ardyna, Mathieu Rogge, Andreas Irisson, Jean Olivier Waite, Anya M. Babin, Marcel Stemmann, Lars |
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Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export |
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Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export |
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Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export |
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Marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export |
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marine snow morphology illuminates the evolution of phytoplankton blooms and determines their subsequent vertical export |
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