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Trophodynamics of Marine Cyanobacteria Blooms

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Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs

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Although cyanobacteria blooms can dominate annual production and phytoplankton biomass in some marine regions, little is known on the fate of these large aggregations of autotrophic, surface-dwelling prokaryote populations. The importance of bloom-forming Trichodesmium spp. and Nodularia spumigena-Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in carbon and nutrient dynamics of tropical and sub-arctic regions, respectively, will be discussed. The limited collected data indicate that surface blooms funnel C, N and P through an active microbial loop, leading to substantial regeneration in surface waters.

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Sellner, K.G. (1992). Trophodynamics of Marine Cyanobacteria Blooms. In: Carpenter, E.J., Capone, D.G., Rueter, J.G. (eds) Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs. NATO ASI Series, vol 362. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7977-3_6

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