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The contrasted phytoplankton dynamics across a frontal system in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea
Roxane Tzortzis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
Andrea M. Doglioli
Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
Monique Messié
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Stéphanie Barrillon
Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
Anne A. Petrenko
Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
Lloyd Izard
Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN-IPSL), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Paris, France
Yuan Zhao
CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
Francesco d'Ovidio
Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN-IPSL), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Paris, France
Franck Dumas
SHOM, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, 13 Rue de Châtellier, CS592803, 29228 Brest, CEDEX 2, France
Gérald Gregori
Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
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We studied a finescale frontal structure in order to highlight its influence on the dynamics and distribution of phytoplankton communities. We computed the growth rates of several phytoplankton groups identified by flow cytometry in two water masses separated by the front. We found contrasted phytoplankton dynamics on the two sides of the front, consistent with the distribution of their abundances. Our study gives new insights into the physical and biological coupling on a finescale front.
We studied a finescale frontal structure in order to highlight its influence on the dynamics and...
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