The dynamic mesoscale sink and source niches for eukaryotic phytoplankton in a subtropical gyre
Alexandra E. Jones-Kellett, Jesse C. McNichol, Yubin Raut, Jed A. Fuhrman, Michael J. Follows · 2026
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Description
Ocean eddies feed tiny plants in barren subtropical seas. Alexandra E. Jones-Kellett leads a 2026 study of these swirling refuges. Gyre waters hold few nutrients on average. Yet many plant plankton types coexist there.
Eddies stir deep nutrients up into sunlit water. Eukaryotic plankton bloom inside those swirls. Outside eddies, two water regimes split sharply. Still, unmixed waters starve eukaryotes for months. Freshly mixed waters hold eddy-like plankton counts. Horizontal mixing thus spreads the eddy benefit wide. Diversity rests on motion, not calm. The carbon food web gains from that churn.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alexandra E. Jones-Kellett, Jesse C. McNichol, Yubin Raut, Jed A. Fuhrman, Michael J. Follows |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39656 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |