Physiological and morphological scaling enables gigantism in pelagic protists
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DOI: 10.1002/lno.12770
Abstract: Planktonic foraminifera are pelagic protists frequently used to study paleoenvironmental change. Many planktonic foraminifera, like other taxa in Rhizaria, reach gigantic proportions relative to other pelagic protists (> 600 μm), placing them in a size class dominated… read more here.
Keywords: pelagic protists; respiration; size; planktonic foraminifera ... See more keywords