PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS FOLLOWED BY VIRAL BLOOMS. “The productive bloom transitioned from a diatom to a pico- and nanoplankton-dominated system, resulting in chlorophyll a concentrations up to 2.43 μg L(-1) . Virus abundances fluctuated c. 10-fold (1.8 × 10(10) -1.3 × 10(11) L(-1) ) over 16 days.” The changing phytoplankton populations successions reflect the domination by the fittest species for that environment. ”
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