Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-609-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-609-2020
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07 Feb 2020
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Dimensions of marine phytoplankton diversity

Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Pedro Cermeno, Oliver Jahn, Michael J. Follows, Anna E. Hickman, Darcy A. A. Taniguchi, and Ben A. Ward

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Diversity Model Output Stephanie Dutkiewicz https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JUQCFG

Model code and software

Diversity Model Code Stephanie Dutkiewicz and Oliver Jahn https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EOTT9H

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Phytoplankton are an essential component of the marine food web and earth's carbon cycle. We use observations, ecological theory and a unique trait-based ecosystem model to explain controls on patterns of marine phytoplankton biodiversity. We find that different dimensions of diversity (size classes, biogeochemical functional groups, thermal norms) are controlled by a disparate combination of mechanisms. This may explain why previous studies of phytoplankton diversity had conflicting results.
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