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MICRO-PHYTOPLANKTON [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Oceanography
CONT

Micro-phytoplankton is the >20 μm [micrometers] component of the phytoplankton community and plays a major role in the global ocean carbon pump, through the sequestering of anthropogenic CO2 and export of organic carbon to the deep ocean.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Les diatomées sont l'un des principaux groupes de producteurs primaires des océans, responsables chaque année [d'environ] 20% du CO2 fixé par photosynthèse sur Terre. Dans les modèles biogéochimiques, elles sont généralement représentées comme appartenant au microphytoplancton de grande taille (> 20 μm [micromètres]) [...]

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