Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03376-9
Abstract: Diatoms are one of the major primary producers in the ocean, responsible annually for ~20% of photosynthetically fixed CO2 on Earth. In oceanic models, they are typically represented as large (>20 µm) microphytoplankton. However, many diatoms… read more here.
Keywords: carbon export; nanoplanktonic diatoms; diatoms globally; spring ... See more keywords