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Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1235-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1235-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Research article
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13 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2024

Unusual Hemiaulus bloom influences ocean productivity in Northeastern US Shelf waters

S. Alejandra Castillo Cieza, Rachel H. R. Stanley, Pierre Marrec, Diana N. Fontaine, E. Taylor Crockford, Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Arshia Mehta, Susanne Menden-Deuer, Emily E. Peacock, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Zoe O. Sandwith, Weifeng Zhang, and Heidi M. Sosik

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The coastal ocean in the northeastern USA provides many services, including fisheries and habitats for threatened species. In summer 2019, a bloom occurred of a large unusual phytoplankton, the diatom Hemiaulus, with nitrogen-fixing symbionts. This led to vast changes in productivity and grazing rates in the ecosystem. This work shows that the emergence of one species can have profound effects on ecosystem function. Such changes may become more prevalent as the ocean warms due to climate change.
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