Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean
The smallest marine phytoplankton, collectively termed picophytoplankton, have been routinely enumerated by flow cytometry since the late 1980s during cruises throughout most of the world ocean. We compiled a database of 40 946 data points, with separate abundance entries for Prochlorococcus , Synec...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f855b5b6836e4aeca94481031227281d 2023-05-15T17:33:09+02:00 Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean E. T. Buitenhuis W. K. W. Li D. Vaulot M. W. Lomas M. R. Landry F. Partensky D. M. Karl O. Ulloa L. Campbell S. Jacquet F. Lantoine F. Chavez D. Macias M. Gosselin G. B. McManus 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 https://doaj.org/article/f855b5b6836e4aeca94481031227281d EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/4/37/2012/essd-4-37-2012.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3508 https://doaj.org/toc/1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 1866-3508 1866-3516 https://doaj.org/article/f855b5b6836e4aeca94481031227281d Earth System Science Data, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 37-46 (2012) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 2022-12-31T12:30:23Z The smallest marine phytoplankton, collectively termed picophytoplankton, have been routinely enumerated by flow cytometry since the late 1980s during cruises throughout most of the world ocean. We compiled a database of 40 946 data points, with separate abundance entries for Prochlorococcus , Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes. We use average conversion factors for each of the three groups to convert the abundance data to carbon biomass. After gridding with 1° spacing, the database covers 2.4% of the ocean surface area, with the best data coverage in the North Atlantic, the South Pacific and North Indian basins, and at least some data in all other basins. The average picophytoplankton biomass is 12 ± 22 μg C l −1 or 1.9 g C m −2 . We estimate a total global picophytoplankton biomass of 0.53–1.32 Pg C (17–39% Prochlorococcus , 12–15% Synechococcus and 49–69% picoeukaryotes), with an intermediate/best estimate of 0.74 Pg C. Future efforts in this area of research should focus on reporting calibrated cell size and collecting data in undersampled regions. http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.777385 Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Indian Pacific Earth System Science Data 4 1 37 46 |
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The smallest marine phytoplankton, collectively termed picophytoplankton, have been routinely enumerated by flow cytometry since the late 1980s during cruises throughout most of the world ocean. We compiled a database of 40 946 data points, with separate abundance entries for Prochlorococcus , Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes. We use average conversion factors for each of the three groups to convert the abundance data to carbon biomass. After gridding with 1° spacing, the database covers 2.4% of the ocean surface area, with the best data coverage in the North Atlantic, the South Pacific and North Indian basins, and at least some data in all other basins. The average picophytoplankton biomass is 12 ± 22 μg C l −1 or 1.9 g C m −2 . We estimate a total global picophytoplankton biomass of 0.53–1.32 Pg C (17–39% Prochlorococcus , 12–15% Synechococcus and 49–69% picoeukaryotes), with an intermediate/best estimate of 0.74 Pg C. Future efforts in this area of research should focus on reporting calibrated cell size and collecting data in undersampled regions. http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.777385 |
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E. T. Buitenhuis W. K. W. Li D. Vaulot M. W. Lomas M. R. Landry F. Partensky D. M. Karl O. Ulloa L. Campbell S. Jacquet F. Lantoine F. Chavez D. Macias M. Gosselin G. B. McManus |
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Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean |
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