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, Synech...
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ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:40778 2023-05-15T17:32:54+02:00 Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean Buitenhuis, ET Li, WKW Vaulot, D Lomas, MW Landry, MR Partensky, F Karl, DM Ulloa, O Campbell, L Jacquet, S Lantoine, F Chavez, F Macias, D Gosselin, M McManus, GB 2012-08-29 application/pdf https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40778/ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40778/1/essd-4-37-2012.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 en eng https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40778/1/essd-4-37-2012.pdf Buitenhuis, ET, Li, WKW, Vaulot, D, Lomas, MW, Landry, MR, Partensky, F, Karl, DM, Ulloa, O, Campbell, L, Jacquet, S, Lantoine, F, Chavez, F, Macias, D, Gosselin, M and McManus, GB (2012) Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean. Earth System Science Data, 4 (1). pp. 37-46. ISSN 1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 2023-01-30T21:34:34Z 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 Cl-1 or 1.9 g Cm-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. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository 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 Cl-1 or 1.9 g Cm-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. |
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Buitenhuis, ET Li, WKW Vaulot, D Lomas, MW Landry, MR Partensky, F Karl, DM Ulloa, O Campbell, L Jacquet, S Lantoine, F Chavez, F Macias, D Gosselin, M McManus, GB |
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Buitenhuis, ET Li, WKW Vaulot, D Lomas, MW Landry, MR Partensky, F Karl, DM Ulloa, O Campbell, L Jacquet, S Lantoine, F Chavez, F Macias, D Gosselin, M McManus, GB Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean |
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Buitenhuis, ET Li, WKW Vaulot, D Lomas, MW Landry, MR Partensky, F Karl, DM Ulloa, O Campbell, L Jacquet, S Lantoine, F Chavez, F Macias, D Gosselin, M McManus, GB |
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Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean |
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Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean |
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Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean |
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https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40778/1/essd-4-37-2012.pdf Buitenhuis, ET, Li, WKW, Vaulot, D, Lomas, MW, Landry, MR, Partensky, F, Karl, DM, Ulloa, O, Campbell, L, Jacquet, S, Lantoine, F, Chavez, F, Macias, D, Gosselin, M and McManus, GB (2012) Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean. Earth System Science Data, 4 (1). pp. 37-46. ISSN 1866-3516 doi:10.5194/essd-4-37-2012 |
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