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Unusual Hemiaulus bloom influences ocean productivity in Northeastern US Shelf waters
S. Alejandra Castillo Cieza
Chemistry Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
Rachel H. R. Stanley
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chemistry Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
Pierre Marrec
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Diana N. Fontaine
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
E. Taylor Crockford
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Arshia Mehta
Chemistry Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
Susanne Menden-Deuer
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Emily E. Peacock
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Tatiana A. Rynearson
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Zoe O. Sandwith
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
now at: Hakai Institute, Pruth Harbour, Calvert Island, BC, Canada
Weifeng Zhang
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Heidi M. Sosik
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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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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