Misuse of the phytoplankton-zooplankton dichotomy : the need to assign organisms as mixotrophs within plankton functional types

By Kevin J. Flynn, D. Stoecker, Aditee Mitra, J. Raven, P. Glibert, P. J. Hansen, E. Granéli, J. Burkholder. 2013

409 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. A. Calbet
2. E. Saiz
3. D. Steinberg
4. Kevin J. Flynn
5. M. Landry
6. J. Burkholder
7. Aditee Mitra
8. P. Glibert

In Oceanography

1. E. Granéli
2. P. Glibert
3. A. Calbet
4. E. Saiz
5. J. Burkholder
6. Aditee Mitra
7. U. Tillmann
8. M. Landry

Citations in the corpus

• Mixotrophic protists and a new paradigm for marine ecology: where does plankton research go now? (2019, background): “Outputs from those meetings explored the false dichotomy of the traditional phytoplankton– zooplankton paradigm (Flynn et al., 2013), advantages of acquired phototrophy (Flynn and Hansen, 2013), the role of mixotrophy in shaping the biological carbon pump (Mitra et al.”
• Zooplankton and the Ocean Carbon Cycle. (2017, background): “Trophic interactions within the microbial component of food webs are further complicated by widespread mixotrophy, in which pigmented, photosynthetically capable cells also possess the ability to consume prey (Thingstad et al. 1996, Stoecker 1998, Stoecker et al. 2009, Flynn et al. 2013).”
• The Haber Bosch–harmful algal bloom (HB–HAB) link (2014, background): “…that there may also be a growth advantage when feeding mixotrophically, compared to pure autotrophic growth (Jeong et al 2004, Glibert et al 2009, Flynn et al 2013), thus mixotrophy is a major mode of nutrition by HABs in eutrophic waters (Burkholder et al 2008) and may help to sustain blooms…”
• Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis on nitrogen‐enriched conditions (2016, background): “It is now recognized that virtually all photosynthetic algae (except diatoms and cyanobacteria) are mixotrophs, with the capability of digesting prey, whether or not they maintain the ability to photosynthesize (e.g., Burkholder et al. 2008; Flynn et al. 2013).”
• A trait-based approach to ocean ecology (2018, background): “most of which are believed to be mixotrophic (Flynn et al., 2013).”
• Bridging the gap between marine biogeochemical and fisheries sciences; configuring the zooplankton link (2014, background): “The latest twist to this is the concept that much of the plankton community currently split between either phototrophic phytoplankton or heterotrophic microzooplankton should be recognised as mixotrophic (Flynn et al., 2013; Mitra et al., 2014).”
• Mixotrophic Plankton in the Polar Seas: A Pan-Arctic Review (2018, background): “In fact, this mixed mode of nutrition is so wide-spread that the above dichotomy may be no longer suitable for an accurate description of the role of unicellular eukaryotes in the ocean (Flynn et al., 2013).”
• The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump (2013, positive): “Now, however, it appears that mixotrophic protists are indeed nearly ubiquitous in mature ecosystems (Sanders, 1991a; Stoecker et al., 2009; Sanders and Gast, 2012; Flynn et al., 2013), though exceptions certainly occur (Arenovski et al., 1995; Sanders et al., 2000).”