Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Bolanos, Luis M., Karp-boss, Lee, Choi, Chang Jae, Worden, Alexandra Z., Graff, Jason R., Haentjens, Nils, Chase, Alison P., Della Penna, Alice, Gaube, Peter, Morison, Francoise, Menden-deuer, Susanne, Westberry, Toby K., O'Malley, Robert T., Boss, Emmanuel, Behrenfeld, Michael J., Giovannoni, Stephen J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: Pinnacle; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80744/84013.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80744/84014.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0636-0; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80744/

The North Atlantic phytoplankton spring bloom is the pinnacle in an annual cycle that is driven by physical, chemical, and biological seasonality. Despite its important contributions to the global carbon cycle, transitions in plankton community composition between the winter and spring have been sca...