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Paula-Jean Willis
Researcher at University of Rhode Island
Publications - 1
Citations - 167
Paula-Jean Willis is an academic researcher from University of Rhode Island. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sea surface microlayer & Dissolved organic carbon. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 166 citations.
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Dissolved organic matter and heterotrophic microneuston in the surface microlayers of the north atlantic.
John McN. Sieburth,Paula-Jean Willis,Kenneth M. Johnson,Curtis M. Burney,Dennis M. Lavoie,Kenneth R. Hinga,David A. Caron,Frederick W. French,Paul W. Johnson,Paul G. Davis +9 more
TL;DR: The observations indicate that the surface microlayers are largely heterotrophic microcosms, which can be as rich as laboratory cultures, and that an appreciable part of the dissolved organic carbon is carbohydrate of phytoplankton origin, released and brought to the surface by migrating and excreting phagotrophic protists.