Impact of moderately energetic fine-scale dynamics on the phytoplankton community structure in the western Mediterranean Sea

Tzortzis, Roxane; Doglioli, Andrea M.; Barrillon, Stéphanie; Petrenko, Anne A.; d'Ovidio, Francesco; Izard, Lloyd; Thyssen, Melilotus; Pascual, Ananda; Barceló-Llull, Bàrbara; Cyr, Frédéric; Tedetti, Marc; Bhairy, Nagib; Garreau, Pierre; Dumas, Franck; Gregori, Gérald

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6455-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 24

Biogeosciences, 18, 6455–6477, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6455-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Biogeosciences, 18, 6455–6477, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6455-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 24

Research article 17 Dec 2021

Research article | 17 Dec 2021

Impact of moderately energetic fine-scale dynamics on the phytoplankton community structure in the western Mediterranean Sea

Roxane Tzortzis et al.

Data sets

PROTEVS-MED field experiments: Very High Resolution Hydrographic Surveys in the Western Mediterranean Sea Dumas Franck, Garreau Pierre, Louazel Stephanie, Correard Stephanie, Fercoq Solenn, Le Menn Marc, Serpette Alain, Garnier Valerie, Stegner Alexandre, Le Vu Briac, Doglioli Andrea, Gregori Gerald https://doi.org/10.17882/62352

PROTEVS-MED field experiments: Very High Resolution Hydrographic Surveys in the Western Mediterranean Sea Dumas Franck, Garreau Pierre, Louazel Stephanie, Correard Stephanie, Fercoq Solenn, Le Menn Marc, Serpette Alain, Garnier Valerie, Stegner Alexandre, Le Vu Briac, Doglioli Andrea, and Gregori Gerald https://doi.org/10.17882/62352

Short summary

This work analyzes an original high-resolution data set collected in the Mediterranean Sea. The major result is the impact of a fine-scale frontal structure on the distribution of phytoplankton groups, in an area of moderate energy with oligotrophic conditions. Our results provide an in situ confirmation of the findings obtained by previous modeling studies and remote sensing about the structuring effect of the fine-scale ocean dynamics on the structure of the phytoplankton community.