Assessing the dynamics and ecology of marine picophytoplankton: The importance of the eukaryotic component

By A. Worden, J. Nolan, Brian Palenik. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography

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The role of viruses in marine phytoplankton mortality (2007, unknown): “For the picoeukaryotes, we used a biovolume to carbon conversion factor of 239 fg C µm-3, an average of the values obtained for Ostreococcus sp. CCE9901 (233 – 247 fg C µm-3, Worden et al. 2004) and Micromonas pusilla CCMP 489 (238 fg C µm-3, DuRand et al. 2002).”
Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae (2012, background): “However, its photosynthetic representatives, although present in lower concentration than cyanobacteria, are metabolically very active and can represent up to 80% of the biomass primary production in coastal ecosystems (Li, 1994; Worden et al., 2004).”
Picophytoplankton : Bottom-up and top-down controls on ecology and evolution (2005, unknown): “There can be significant discrimination among picophytoplankton by grazers, e.g. between Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (Christaki et al. 1999, Worden et al. 2004).”
Seasonal dynamics of picoplankton in shelf waters of the southern Bay of Biscay (2006, methodology): “As in other coastal zones (Shimada et al. 1995, Worden et al. 2004) Prochlorococcus was absent from late winter to mid-summer.”
Contribution of picoplankton to the total particulate organic carbon concentration in the eastern South Pacific (2007, background): “At a coastal Pacific site in the Southern California Bight, on the other hand, Worden et al. (2004) reported that picophytoeukaryotes had the highest picophytoplankton growth rates and contributions to the net community production and carbon biomass on annual bases.”
Analysis of photosynthetic picoeukaryote diversity at open ocean sites in the Arabian Sea using a PCR biased towards marine algal plastids (2006, unknown): “More recently, Worden et al. (2004) showed that PPEs were responsible for, on average, 76% of net C production by the picophytoplankton in Californian coastal waters.”
A photosynthetic strategy for coping in a high‐light, low‐nutrient environment (2008, background): “These organisms are located primarily in coastal areas where they can contribute up to 75 % of total CO 2 fixation (Fouilland et al. 2004; Worden et al. 2004).”
“Missing” protists: a molecular prospective (2008, background): “In this case, the photosynthetic component in clone libraries is dominated by diatoms or photosynthetic dinoXagellates (Savin et al. 2004), although members of picoplanktonic size were also be detected (Yuan et al. 2004).”
Increasing importance of small phytoplankton in a warmer ocean (2010, methodology): “Picophytoplankton biomass was estimated from abundance and cell size data for each dataset using a common conversion factor of 237 fg Cmm 3 (Worden et al., 2004) and a C : chlorophyll ratio (mg : mg) of 50 (Harris, 1986) was used for estimating total phytoplankton biomass from chlorophyll measuremen”
Phytoplankton seasonal dynamics in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon: emphasis on the picoeukaryote community (2005, unknown): “Furthermore, picophytoplankton appear to be an essentia l component of microbial food webs and carbon flow, particularly in the summer in coastal environments (Kuosa, 1991; Malone et al., 1991; Worden et al., 2004).”
Towards a better understanding of microbial carbon flux in the sea (2008, background): “The smallest photosynthetic protists are about 1.5 µm in diameter (Worden et al. 2004), and most heterotrophic nanoflagellates are in the 2 to 3 µm range (Jürgens & Massana 2008), but can squeeze through a pore-size much smaller than their actual size.”
Contrasting photoacclimation costs in ecotypes of the marine eukaryotic picoplankter Ostreococcus (2008, background): “Ostreococcus is a widespread genus and can be locally abundant in the marine environment (Worden et al. 2004; Countway and Caron 2006; Fuller et al. 2006), with distinct photophysiological ecotypes exploiting contrasting niches.”
Viruses as mortality agents of picophytoplankton in the deep chlorophyll maximum layer during IRONAGES III (2007, methodology): “Among the loss factors regulating picophytoplankton populations, grazing is considered important (Quevedo and Anadòn 2001; Worden et al. 2004), whereas sedimen- tation is thought to be negligible, considering their micrometer size range (Raven 1998).”
Picoeukaryote diversity in coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean (2006, background): “At the site under study, a series of annual blooms occur, particularly of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, starting in the spring (e.g. April, Fandino et al. 2001) and continuing throughout the summer (e.g. September, Worden et al. 2006).”
Protistan assemblages across the Indian Ocean, with a specific emphasis on the picoeukaryotes (2008, background): “Nevertheless, the importance of picoeukaryotes in terms of biomass and primary productivity has been demonstrated for various marine pelagic ecosystems (Li, 1994; Marañón et al., 2001; Worden et al., 2004).”