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Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export.
Leblanc, Karine; Quéguiner, Bernard; Diaz, Frédéric; Cornet, Véronique; Michel-Rodriguez, Mónica; Durrieu de Madron, Xavier; Bowler, Chris; Malviya, Shruti; Thyssen, Melilotus; Grégori, Gérald; Rembauville, Mathieu; Grosso, Olivier; Poulain, Julie; de Vargas, Colomban; Pujo-Pay, Mireille; Conan, Pascal.
Afiliação
  • Leblanc K; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France. karine.leblanc@univ-amu.fr.
  • Quéguiner B; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Diaz F; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Cornet V; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Michel-Rodriguez M; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Durrieu de Madron X; CNRS UMR 5110, Centre d'Etude et de Formation sur les Environnements Méditerranéens, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, F-66860, Perpignan, France.
  • Bowler C; Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Université Paris, F-75005, Paris, France.
  • Malviya S; Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Université Paris, F-75005, Paris, France.
  • Thyssen M; Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, UAS-GKVK Campus, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore, 560065, India.
  • Grégori G; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Rembauville M; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • Grosso O; UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne Universités, F-66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
  • Poulain J; CNRS, IRD, MIO, UM110, Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, F-13288, Marseille, France.
  • de Vargas C; CEA- Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057, Evry, France.
  • Pujo-Pay M; CNRS, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France.
  • Conan P; UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne Universités, F-66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
Nat Commun ; 9(1): 953, 2018 03 05.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29507291
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 belong to the nanophytoplankton (2-20 µm) and a few species even overlap with the picoplanktonic size-class (<2 µm). Due to their minute size and difficulty of detection they are poorly characterized. Here we describe a massive spring bloom of the smallest known diatom (Minidiscus) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Analysis of Tara Oceans data, together with literature review, reveal a general oversight of the significance of these small diatoms at the global scale. We further evidence that they can reach the seafloor at high sinking rates, implying the need to revise our classical binary vision of pico- and nanoplanktonic cells fueling the microbial loop, while only microphytoplankton sustain secondary trophic levels and carbon export.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fitoplâncton / Estações do Ano / Carbono / Diatomáceas Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fitoplâncton / Estações do Ano / Carbono / Diatomáceas Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article