Peter H. Burkill

TL;DR: The biogeochemical properties of an extensive bloom (∼250,000 km2) of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, in the north east Atlantic Ocean were investigated in June 1991.

TL;DR: Microzooplankton grazing activity in the Celtic Sea and Carmarthen Bay in summer 1983 and autumn 1984 was investigated by applying a dilution technique to high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of photosynthetic pigments in phytoplankton present within natural microplankton communities, indicating a trophic preference by microzooplanks for dinoflagellates, cryptophytes, chlorophytes and prasinophytes.

TL;DR: Direct evidence that marine cyanobacteria take up organic nitrogen compounds in situ at high rates is reported, providing a mechanism for Prochlorococcus' competitive dominance over both strictly autotrophic algae and other bacteria in oligotrophic regions sustained by nutrient remineralization via a microbial loop.

TL;DR: There was a clear contrast in the composition of the picoplankton community in both the North and South Atlantic between mesotrophic waters where Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes dominated the biomass, and oligotrophic Waters where the smaller total biomass was dominated by Prochlorococcus.

TL;DR: It is suggested that single species of bacterioplankton may at times be important in metabolizing DMSP and regulating the generation of DMS in the sea.