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Co-authors Rob Olson and Heidi Sosik have worked on development of the FlowCytobot series of automated submersible plankton sensors at WHOI since the late 1990s
Credit: Tom Kleindinst

Thanks to automated imaging approaches developed by NES LTER researchers, unprecedented insight has been gained into variations in microzooplankton biomass and diversity across a broad range of space and time scales. In addition, studies in Narragansett Bay documented strong microzooplankton grazing pressure on phytoplankton throughout the year, irrespective of season.

 

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  1. Lawrence, C. and S. Menden-Deuer. 2012. Drivers of protistan grazing pressure: seasonal signals of plankton community composition and environmental conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi: 10.3354%2Fmeps09771

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Heidi Sosik
hsosik@whoi.edu

Posted:  July 16, 2020  

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