Resurrecting the ecological underpinnings of ocean plankton blooms - PubMed

Review

Resurrecting the ecological underpinnings of ocean plankton blooms

Michael J Behrenfeld et al. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2014.

Abstract

Nutrient and light conditions control phytoplankton division rates in the surface ocean and, it is commonly believed, dictate when and where high concentrations, or blooms, of plankton occur. Yet after a century of investigation, rates of phytoplankton biomass accumulation show no correlation with cell division rates. Consequently, factors controlling plankton blooms remain highly controversial. In this review, we endorse the view that blooms are not governed by abiotic factors controlling cell division, but rather reflect subtle ecosystem imbalances instigated by climate forcings or food-web shifts. The annual global procession of ocean plankton blooms thus represents a report on the recent history of predator-prey interactions modulated by physical processes that, almost coincidentally, also control surface nutrient inputs.

Similar articles

• Biomass changes and trophic amplification of plankton in a warmer ocean.

  Chust G, Allen JI, Bopp L, Schrum C, Holt J, Tsiaras K, Zavatarelli M, Chifflet M, Cannaby H, Dadou I, Daewel U, Wakelin SL, Machu E, Pushpadas D, Butenschon M, Artioli Y, Petihakis G, Smith C, Garçon V, Goubanova K, Le Vu B, Fach BA, Salihoglu B, Clementi E, Irigoien X. Chust G, et al. Glob Chang Biol. 2014 Jul;20(7):2124-39. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12562. Epub 2014 May 7. Glob Chang Biol. 2014. PMID: 24604761

• Evaluation of in situ phytoplankton growth rates: a synthesis of data from varied approaches.

  Laws EA. Laws EA. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2013;5:247-68. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172258. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2013. PMID: 22809184 Review.

• Comment on "Eddy/wind interactions stimulate extraordinary mid-ocean plankton blooms".

  Mahadevan A, Thomas LN, Tandon A. Mahadevan A, et al. Science. 2008 Apr 25;320(5875):448; author reply 448. doi: 10.1126/science.1152111. Science. 2008. PMID: 18436758

• Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice.

  Arrigo KR, Perovich DK, Pickart RS, Brown ZW, van Dijken GL, Lowry KE, Mills MM, Palmer MA, Balch WM, Bahr F, Bates NR, Benitez-Nelson C, Bowler B, Brownlee E, Ehn JK, Frey KE, Garley R, Laney SR, Lubelczyk L, Mathis J, Matsuoka A, Mitchell BG, Moore GW, Ortega-Retuerta E, Pal S, Polashenski CM, Reynolds RA, Schieber B, Sosik HM, Stephens M, Swift JH. Arrigo KR, et al. Science. 2012 Jun 15;336(6087):1408. doi: 10.1126/science.1215065. Epub 2012 Jun 7. Science. 2012. PMID: 22678359

• The Impact of Submesoscale Physics on Primary Productivity of Plankton.

  Mahadevan A. Mahadevan A. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2016;8:161-84. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015912. Epub 2015 Sep 21. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2016. PMID: 26394203 Review.

Cited by

• Physical flow effects can dictate plankton population dynamics.

  Woodward JR, Pitchford JW, Bees MA. Woodward JR, et al. J R Soc Interface. 2019 Aug 30;16(157):20190247. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0247. Epub 2019 Aug 7. J R Soc Interface. 2019. PMID: 31387480 Free PMC article.

• Diatom Biogeography, Temporal Dynamics, and Links to Bacterioplankton across Seven Oceanographic Time-Series Sites Spanning the Australian Continent.

  Le Reun N, Bramucci A, O'Brien J, Ostrowski M, Brown MV, Van de Kamp J, Bodrossy L, Raina JB, Ajani P, Seymour J. Le Reun N, et al. Microorganisms. 2022 Feb 1;10(2):338. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020338. Microorganisms. 2022. PMID: 35208793 Free PMC article.

• Impact of vertical stratification on the 2020 spring bloom in the Yellow Sea.

  Kim GU, Lee J, Kim YS, Noh JH, Kwon YS, Lee H, Lee M, Jeong J, Hyun MJ, Won J, Jeong JY. Kim GU, et al. Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 31;13(1):14320. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-40503-z. Sci Rep. 2023. PMID: 37652920 Free PMC article.

• The Oceanic Biological Pump: Rapid carbon transfer to depth at Continental Margins during Winter.

  Thomsen L, Aguzzi J, Costa C, De Leo F, Ogston A, Purser A. Thomsen L, et al. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 7;7(1):10763. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11075-6. Sci Rep. 2017. PMID: 28883465 Free PMC article.

• Trait-based approach revealed the seasonal variation of mesozooplankton functional groups in the South Yellow Sea.

  Zhang Z, Chen H, Li Y, Ge R, Liu G, Ali S, Zhuang Y. Zhang Z, et al. Mar Life Sci Technol. 2023 Feb 13;5(1):126-140. doi: 10.1007/s42995-022-00156-9. eCollection 2023 Feb. Mar Life Sci Technol. 2023. PMID: 37073327 Free PMC article.

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

• Full Text Sources

  • Ingenta plc

• Other Literature Sources

  • scite Smart Citations