FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass BT AF BOLANOS, Luis M. KARP-BOSS, Lee CHOI, Chang Jae WORDEN, Alexandra Z. GRAFF, Jason R. HAENTJENS, Nils CHASE, Alison P. DELLA PENNA, Alice GAUBE, Peter MORISON, Francoise MENDEN-DEUER, Susanne WESTBERRY, Toby K. O'MALLEY, Robert T. BOSS, Emmanuel BEHRENFELD, Michael J. GIOVANNONI, Stephen J. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3,4;4:3,4;5:5;6:2;7:2;8:6,7;9:6;10:8;11:8;12:5;13:5;14:2;15:5;16:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:; C1 Oregon State Univ, Dept Microbiol, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA. Univ Maine, Sch Marine Sci, Orono, ME USA. Monterey Bay Aquarium Res Inst, Monterey, CA USA. GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res, Ocean EcoSyst Biol Unit, Kiel, Germany. Oregon State Univ, Dept Bot & Plant Pathol, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA. Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab, Seattle, WA 98105 USA. Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Lab Sci Environm Marin, Plouzane, France. Univ Rhode Isl, Grad Sch Oceanog, Narragansett, RI 02882 USA. C2 UNIV OREGON STATE, USA UNIV MAINE US, USA MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RES INST, USA IFM GEOMAR, GERMANY UNIV OREGON STATE, USA UNIV WASHINGTON, USA UBO, FRANCE UNIV RHODE ISL, USA UM LEMAR IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 10.302 TC 58 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80744/84013.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80744/84014.pdf LA English DT Article AB The North Atlantic phytoplankton spring bloom is the pinnacle in an annual cycle that is driven by physical, chemical, and biological seasonality. Despite its important contributions to the global carbon cycle, transitions in plankton community composition between the winter and spring have been scarcely examined in the North Atlantic. Phytoplankton composition in early winter was compared with latitudinal transects that captured the subsequent spring bloom climax. Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), imaging flow cytometry, and flow-cytometry provided a synoptic view of phytoplankton diversity. Phytoplankton communities were not uniform across the sites studied, but rather mapped with apparent fidelity onto subpolar- and subtropical-influenced water masses of the North Atlantic. At most stations, cells < 20-mu m diameter were the main contributors to phytoplankton biomass. Winter phytoplankton communities were dominated by cyanobacteria and pico-phytoeukaryotes. These transitioned to more diverse and dynamic spring communities in which pico- and nano-phytoeukaryotes, including many prasinophyte algae, dominated. Diatoms, which are often assumed to be the dominant phytoplankton in blooms, were contributors but not the major component of biomass. We show that diverse, small phytoplankton taxa are unexpectedly common in the western North Atlantic and that regional influences play a large role in modulating community transitions during the seasonal progression of blooms. PY 2020 PD JUN SO Isme Journal SN 1751-7362 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 14 IS 7 UT 000522382500001 BP 1663 EP 1674 DI 10.1038/s41396-020-0636-0 ID 80744 ER EF