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9 Critical Factors in Plankton Abundance

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Phytoplankton Succession<br />

Mechanisms poorly understood:<br />

1. Shift <strong>in</strong> advantage of nutrient uptake,<br />

Favor<strong>in</strong>g different cell types<br />

2. Species later <strong>in</strong> season may depend upon<br />

substances that are not <strong>in</strong> the water column<br />

<strong>in</strong> early spr<strong>in</strong>g (e.g., auxotrophic species might<br />

follow autotrophic species)

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