A year in the life of the Eastern Mediterranean:Monthly dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in an ultra-oligotrophic sea
T. Reich, T. Ben-Ezra, N. Belkin, A. Tsemel, D. Aharonovich, D. Roth-Rosenberg, S. Givati, O. Bialik, B. Herut, I. Berman-Frank, M. Frada, M. D. Krom, Y. Lahahn, E. Rahav, D. Sher
This paper describes the annual dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in the ultra-oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea, showing lower primary productivity compared to other oligotrophic regions but similar bacterial production.
bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2021Microbiology