August 22, 2019
Our new publication led by former Masters student Rob Lampe (now at UCSD) was recently published in ISME Journal. In this study we investigated the response to deep water amendments by natural phytoplankton communities in the Sargasso Sea. Using a combination of physiological measurements and metatranscriptomics, we found that diatoms, which are the primary responders following nutrient enrichment, elicit a distinct molecular response that underlies their rapid increase in growth compared to the other dominant phytoplankton groups in the nitrate-depleted ambient surface waters.
Strategies among phytoplankton in response to alleviation of nutrient stress in a subtropical gyre
Also check out the behind-the paper blog post Rob wrote about the study here.
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