Peer-reviewed Publications
[115]. Fisher B, Poulton AJ, Meredith MP, Baldry K, Schofield O, Henley SF (2023). Biogeochemistry of climate driven shifts in Southern Ocean primary producers. Biogeosciences Discussions, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2023-10, in review.
[114]. Coggins A, Watson AJ, Schuster U, Mackay N, King B, McDonagh E, Poulton AJ (2023). Surface ocean carbon budget in the 2017 South Georgia diatom bloom: Observations and validation of profiling biogeochemical Argo floats. Deep-Sea Research II, 209, 105275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105275.
[113]. Winkelbauer HA, Hoogakker BAA, Chance RJ, Davis CV, Anthony CJ, Bischoff J, Carpenter LJ, Chenery SRN, Hamilton EM, Holdship P, Peck VL, Poulton AJ, Stinchcombe MC, Wishner KF. Planktic foraminifera iodine / calcium ratios from plankton tows. Frontiers of Marine Science, 10, 1095570, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1095570.
[112]. Ainsworth J, Poulton AJ, Lohan MC, Stinchcombe MC, Lough AJM, Moore CM (2023). Iron cycling during the decline of a South Georgia bloom. Deep-Sea Research II, 208, 105269, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105269.
[111]. Villiot N, Maas AE, Poulton AJ, Blanco-Bercial L (2023). Organic and inorganic nutrients modulate taxonomic diversity and trophic strategies of small eukaryotes in oligotrophic oceans. FEMS Microbes, 4, xtac029. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtac029.
[110]. Hoogakker BAA, Anderson C, Paoloni T, Stott A, Grant H, Keenan P, Mahaffey C, Blackbird S, McClymont EL, Rickaby REM, Poulton AJ, Peck V (2022). Planktonic foraminifera organic carbon isotopes as archives of upper ocean carbon cycling. Nature Communications, 13, 4841. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32480-0.
[109]. Poulton AJ, Mazwane SL, Godfrey B, Carvalho F, Mawji E, Wihsgott J, Noyon M (2022). Primary production dynamics on the Agulhas Bank in autumn. Deep-Sea Research II, 203, 105153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105153.
[108]. Giering SL, Noyon M, Godfrey B, Poulton AJ, Carvalho F, Roberts M (2022). Optical particle measurements reveal cross-shelf turbidity gradients on the Agulhas Bank. Deep-Sea Research II, 200, 105094. https://doi.org10.1016j.dsr2.2022.105094.
[107]. Mazwane SL, Poulton AJ, Hickman AE, Jebri F, Jacobs Z, Roberts M, Noyon M (2022). Spatial and temporal variability of Net Primary Production on the Agulhas Bank, 1998 - 2018. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 199, 105079, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105079.
[106]. Noyon M, Poulton AJ, Asdar S, Weitz R, Giering SLC (2022). Mesozooplankton community distribution on the Agulhas Bank in autumn: Size structure and production. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 195, 105015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2021.105015.
[105]. Valente A, Sathyendranath S, Brotas V, Groom S, Grant M, Jackson T, Chuprin A, Taberner M, Antoine D, Airs R, Arnone R, Balch WM, Barker K, Barlow R, Bélanger S, Berthon J-F, Beşiktepe S, Borsheim Y, Bracher A, Brando V, Brewin RJW, Canuti E, Chavez F, Cianca A, Claustre H, Clementson L, Crout R, Ferreira A, Freeman S, Frouin R, García-Soto C, Gibb SW, Goericke R, Gould R, Guillocheau N, Hooker SB, Hu C, Kahru M, Kampel M, Klein H, Kratzer S, Kudela R, Ledesma J, Lohrenz S, Loisel H, Mannino A, Martinez-Vicente V, Matrai P, McKee D, Mitchell BG, Moisan T, Montes E, Muller-Karger F, Neeley A, Novak M, O’Dowd L, Ondrusek M, Platt T, Poulton AJ, Repecaud M, Röttgers R, Schroeder T, Smyth T, Smythe-Wright D, Sosik HM, Thomas C, Thomas R, Tilstone G, Tracana A, Twardowski M, Vellucci V, Voss K, Werdell J, Wernand N, Wojtasiewicz B, Wright S, Zibordi G (2022). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications – version three. Earth System Science Data, 14, 5737-5770, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022.
[104]. Grigoratou M, Montes E, Richardson AJ, Everett JD, Acevdeo-Trejos E, Anderson C, Chen B, Guy-Haim T, Hinners J, Lindermann C, Martins Garcia T, Moller KO, Monteiro FM, Neeley AR, O'Brien TD, Palacz AP, Poulton AJ, Prowe AEF, Rodriguez-Santiago AE, Rousseaux CS, Runge J, Saad JF, Santi I, Stern R, Soccadato A, Vague S, Vogt M, Zervoudaki S, Muler-Karger FE (2022). The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Plankton Workshops: Plankton Ecosystem Function, Biodiversity, and Forcasting - Research Requirements and Applications. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31, 22-26, https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lob.10479.
[103]. Villiot N, Poulton AJ, Butcher ET, Daniels LR, Coggins A (2021). Allometry of carbon and nitrogen content and growth rate in a diverse range of coccolithophores. Journal of Plankton Research, 43, fbab038, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab038.
[102]. Ford D, Tilstone G, Shutler J, Kitidis V, Lobanova P, Schwarz J, Poulton AJ, Serret P, Lamont T, Chuqui M, Barlow R, Lozano J, Kampel M, Brandini F (2021). Wind speed and mesoscale features drive net autotrophy in the South Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 260, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112435.
[100]. Hopkins JE, Palmer MR, Poulton AJ, Hickman AE, Sharples J (2021). Control of a phytoplankton bloom by wind-driven vertical mixing and light availability. Limnology and Oceanography, 260, 112435, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11734.
[99]. de Vries JC, Monteiro FM, Wheeler G, Poulton AJ, Godrijan J, Cerino F, Malinverno E, Langer G, Brownlee C (2021). Haplo-diplontic life cycle expands coccolithophore niche. Biogeosciences, 18, 1161-1184, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1161-2021.
[98]. Mayers KMJ, Poulton AJ, Bidle K, Thamatrakoln K, Schieler B, Giering SLC, Wells SR, Tarran GA, Mayor D, Johnson M, Riebesell U, Larsen A, Vardi A, Harvey EL (2020). Possession of coccoliths fails to deter micro-zooplankton grazers. Frontiers of Marine Science, 7, 569896, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.569896.
[97]. Gibbs SJ, Bown PR, Ward BA, Alvarez SA, Kim H, Ridgwell A, Archontikis O, Sauterey B, Poulton AJ, Wilson J (2020). Algal plankton turn to hunting to survive and recover from end-Cretaceous impact darkness. Science Advances, 6, eabc9123. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc9123.
See this Cool Video from SciShow 'When Algae Learned to Hunt' here.
[96]. Donald HK, Foster GL, Frohberg N, Swann GEA, Poulton AJ, Moore CM, Humphreys MP (2020). The pH dependency of the boron isotopic composition of diatom opal (Thalassiosira weisflogii). Biogeosciences 17, 2825-2837, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2825-2020.
[95]. Hopkins J, Henson SA, Poulton AJ, Balch WM (2019). Regional characteristics of the temporal variability in the global particulate inorganic carbon inventory. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, 1328-1338, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006300.
[94]. Valente A, Sathyendranath S, Brotas V, Groom S, Grant M, Taberner M, Antoine D, Arnone R, Balch WM, Barker K, Barlow R, Bélanger S, Berthon J-F, Beşiktepe S, Borsheim Y, Bracher A, Brando V, Canuti E, Chavez F, Cianca A, Claustre H, Clementson L, Crout R, Frouin R, García-Soto C, Gibb SW, Gould R, Hooker S, Kahru M, Kampel M, Klein H, Kratzer S, Kudela R, Ledesma J, Loisel H, Matrai P, McKee D, Mitchell BG, Moisan T, Muller-Karger F, O’Dowd L, Ondrusek M, Platt T, Poulton AJ, Repecaud M, Schroeder T, Smyth T, Smythe-Wright D, Sosik HM, Twardowski M, Vellucci V, Voss K, Werdell J, Wernand N, Wright S, Zibordi G (2019). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications – version two. Earth System Science Data, 11, 1037-1068, http://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2019-27.
[93]. Sharples J, Mayor DJ, Poulton AJ, Rees AP, Robinson C (2019). Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry: Nutrient and carbon cycling in a temperate shelf sea water column. Progress in Oceanography, 177, 102182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102182.
[92]. Poulton AJ, Davis CE, Daniels CJ, Mayers KMJ, Tarran GA, Widdicombe C, Harris C, Woodward EMS (2019). Seasonal phosphorus and carbon dynamics in a temperate shelf sea (Celtic Sea). Progress in Oceanography, 177, 101872, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.11.001.
[91]. Poulton AJ, Mayers KMJ, Daniels CJ, Stinchcombe MC, Woodward EMS, Hopkins J, Wihsgott JU, Widdicombe CE (2019). Dissolution dominates silica cycling in a shelf sea autumn bloom. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6765-6774, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083558.
[90]. Mayers KMJ, Poulton AJ, Daniels CJ, Wells SR, Woodward EMS, Tarran GA, Widdicombe CE, Mayor DJ, Atkinson A, Giering SLC (2019). Growth and mortality of coccolithophores during spring in a temperate Shelf Sea (Celtic Sea, April 2015). Progress in Oceanography, 177, 101928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.02.024.
[89]. Garcia-Martin EE, Daniels CJ, Davidson K, Lozano J, Mayers KMJ, McNeil S, Mitchell E, Poulton AJ, Purdie DA, Tarran GA, Whyte C, Robinson C (2019). Plankton community respiration and bacterial metabolism in a North Atlantic Shelf Sea during spring bloom development (April, 2015). Progress in Oceanography, 177, 101873, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.11.002.
[88]. Garcia-Martin EE, Daniels CJ, Davidson K, Mayers KMJ, McNeil S, Poulton AJ, Purdie D, Tarran G, Robinson C (2019). Seasonal changes in plankton respiration and bacterial metabolism in a temperate shelf sea. Progress in Oceanography, 177, 101925, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.002.
[87]. Fragoso GM, Poulton AJ, Pratt N, Johnson G, Purdie DA (2019). Trait-based analysis of subpolar North Atlantic phytoplankton and plastidic ciliate communities using an automated flow cytometer. Limnology and Oceanography, 64, 1763-1778, http://doi:org/10.1002/lno.11189.
[86]. Bretherton L, Poulton AJ, Lawson T, Rukminasari N, Balestreri C, Schroeder D, Moore CM, Suggett DJ (2019). Day length as a factor moderating the response of coccolithophore growth to elevated pCO2. Limnology and Oceanography, 64, 1284-1296, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11115.
[85]. Richier S, Achterberg EP, Humphreys MP, Poulton AJ, Suggett DJ, Tyrrell T, Moore CM (2018). Geographical CO2 sensitivity of phytoplankton correlates with ocean buffer capacity. Global Change Biologym, 24 (9), 4438-4452, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14324.
[84]. Gibbs SJ, Sheward R, Bown PR, Poulton AJ, Alvarez S (2018). Warm plankton soup and red herrings: Calcareous nannoplankton cellular communities and the Palaeocene Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 376, 20170075, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0075.
[83]. Fragoso GM, Poulton AJ, Yashayaev IM, Head EJH, Johnsen G, Purdie DA (2018). Diatom biogeography from the Labrador Sea revealed through a trait-based approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 297, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00297.
[82]. Daniels CJ, Poulton AJ, Balch WM, Maranon E, Bowler BC, Cermeno P, Charalampopoulou A, Crawford DW, Drapeau D, Feng Y, Fernandez A, Fernandez E, Fragoso GM, Gonzalez N, Graziano LM, Harlay J, Heslop R, Holligan PM, Huete-Ortega M, Hutchins DA, Lam PJ, Lipsen MS, Lopez-Sandoval DC, Loucaides S, Marchetti A, Mayers K, Rees AP, Sobrino C, Tynan E, Tyrell T (2018). A global database of calcification rates by coccolithophores. Earth System Science Data, 10, 1859-1876, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018.
[81]. Smith HEK, Poulton AJ, Garley R, Hopkins J, Lubelczyk LC, Drapeau DT, Rauschenberg S, Twining BS, Bates NR, Balch WM (2017). The influence of environmental variability on the biogeography of coccolithophores and diatoms in the Great Calcite Belt. Biogeosciences, 14, 1-21, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1-2017.
[80]. Sheward RM, Poulton AJ, Gibbs SJ, Daniels CJ, Bown PR (2017). Physiology regulates the relationship between coccosphere geometry and growth phase in coccolithophores. Biogeosciences, 14, 1493-1509, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1493-2017.
[79]. Ribas-Ribas M, Cripps GL, Townend M, Poulton AJ, Tyrrell T (2017). Spatial patterns of phytoplankton and biogeochemistry do not follow carbonate chemistry gradients in north-west European Seas. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 74, 965-977, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjsm/fx063.
[78]. Rees AP, Nightingale PD, Poulton AJ, Smyth TJ, Tarran GA, Tilstone GH (2017). The Atlantic Meridional Transect Programme (1995-2015). Progress in Oceanography, 158, 3-18, https://doi.org/10.16/jpocean.2017.05.004.
[77]. Poulton AJ, Holligan PM, Charalampopoulou A, Adey TR (2017). Coccolithophore ecology in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean: New perspectives from the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) programme. Progress in Oceanography, 158, 150-170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.01.003.
[76]. Maugendre L, Gattuso J-P, Poulton AJ, Dellisanti W, Gaubert M, Guieu C, Gazeau F (2017). No effect of ocean acidification on the plankton metabolism of the NW oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea: results from two mesocosm studies. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 136, 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.009.
[75]. Fragoso GM, Poulton AJ, Yashayaev IM, Head EJH, Purdie DA (2017). Spring phytoplankton communities of the Labrador Sea revealed by pigment signatures (2005-2014): biogeography, physiology and biogeochemical implications. Biogeosciences, 14, 1235-1259, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1235-2017.
[74]. Valente A, Sathyendranath S, Brotas V, Groom S, Grant M, Taberner M, Antoine D, Arnone R, Balch WM, Barker K, Barlow R, Bélanger S, Berthon J-F, Beşiktepe S, Brando V, Canuti E, Chavez F, Claustre H, Crout R, Frouin R, García-Soto C, Gibb SW, Gould R, Hooker S, Kahru M, Klein H, Kratzer S, Loisel H, McKee D, Mitchell BG, Moisan T, Muller-Karger F, O’Dowd L, Ondrusek M, Poulton AJ, Repecaud M, Smyth T, Sosik HM, Twardowski M, Voss K, Werdell J, Wernand N, Zibordi G (2016). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications. Earth System Science Data, 8, 235-252, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-235-2016.
[73]. Tarling GA, Peck V, Ward P, Ensor N, Achterberg EA, Tynan E, Poulton AJ, Mitchell E, Zubkov MV (2016). Effects of acute ocean acidification on spatially-diverse polar pelagic food-webs: insights from on-deck microcosms. Deep-Sea Research II, 127, 75-92, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.008.
[72]. Sargent EC, Hitchcock A, Johansson SA, Langlois R, Moore CM, LaRoche J, Poulton AJ, Bibby TS (2016). Evidence for polyploidy in the globally important diazotroph Trichodesmium. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(21), fnw244, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnw244.
[71]. Sanders R, Henson SA, Martin AP, Anderson T, Bernardello R, Enderlein P, Fielding S, Giering S, Hartmann M, Iversen M, Khatiwala S, Lam P, Lampitt RS, Mayor DM, Moore CM, Murphy E, Painter SC, Poulton AJ, Saw K, Stowasser G, Tarling GA, Torres-Valdes S, Trimmer M, Wolff G, Yool A, Zubkov MV (2016). Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage (COMICS): fieldwork, synthesis and modelling efforts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 136, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00136.
[70]. Poulton AJ, Daniels CJ, Esposito M, Humphreys MP, Mitchell E, Ribas-Ribas M, Russell BC, Stinchcombe MC, Tynan E, Richier S (2016). Production of dissolved organic carbon by Arctic plankton communities: responses to elevated carbon dioxide and the availability of light and nutrients. Deep-Sea Research II, 127, 60-74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.01.002.
[69]. Monteiro FM, Bach LT, Brownlee C, Bown P, Rickaby REM, Poulton AJ, Tyrrell T, Beaufort L, Dutkiewicz S, Gibbs S, Gutowska MA, Lee R, Riebesell U, Young JR, Ridgwell A (2016). Calcification in marine phytoplankton: Physiological and ecological costs and benefits. Science Advances, 2, e1501822, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501822.
[68]. Jin XB, Liu CL, Poulton AJ, Dai MH, Guo XH (2016). Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content. Biogeosciences, 13, 4843-4861, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016.
[67]. Gibbs SJ, Bown PR, Ridgwell A, Young JR, Poulton AJ, O’Dea SA (2016). Ocean warming, not acidification, controlled coccolithophore response during past greenhouse climate change. Geology, 44, 59-62, https://doi.org/10.1130/G37273.1.
[66]. Fragoso GM, Poulton AJ, Yashayaev IM, Head EJ, Stinchcombe MC, Purdie DA (2016). Biogeographical patterns and environmental controls of phytoplankton communities from contrasting hydrographic zones of the Labrador Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 141, 212-226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.007.
[65]. Daniels CJ, Poulton AJ, Young JR, Esposito M, Humphreys MP, Ribas-Ribas M, Tynan E, Tyrrell T (2016). Species-specific calcite production reveals Coccolithus pelagicus as the key calcifier in the Arctic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 555, 29-47, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11820.
[64]. Charalampopoulou A, Poulton AJ, Bakker DCE, Stinchcombe MC, Lucas MI, Tyrrell T (2016). Environmental drivers of coccolithophore abundance and calcification across Drake Passage (Southern Ocean). Biogeosciences, 13, 5917-5935, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5917-2016.
[63]. Le Moigne FAC, Poulton AJ, Henson SA, Daniels CJ, Fragoso GM, Mitchell E, Richier S, Russell BC, Smith HEK, Tarling G, Zubkov M (2015). Carbon export efficiency and phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 3896-3912, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC010700.
[62]. Hopkins J, Henson, SA, Tyrrell T, Painter SC, Poulton AJ (2015). Phenological characteristics of global coccolithophore blooms. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 239-253, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GB004919.
[61]. Daniels CJ, Poulton AJ, Esposito M, Paulson ML, Bellerby, R, Martin AP (2015). Phytoplankton dynamics in contrasting early stage North Atlantic spring blooms: succession, composition and potential drivers. Biogeosciences, 12, 2395-2409, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2395-2015.
[60]. Caven E, Le Moigne FAC, Poulton AJ, Tarling GA, Ward P, Daniels CJ, Fragoso GM, Sanders RJ (2015). Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 821-830, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062744.
[59]. Young JR, Poulton AJ, Hagino K (2014). Gladiolithus adeyi sp. nov.: a new deep photic coccolithophore species and new molecular genetics and crystallographic observations of Gladiolithus flabellatus. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 34, 61-69.
[58]. Young JR, Poulton AJ, Tyrrell T (2014). Morphology of Emiliania huxleyi coccoliths on the North West European shelf – is there an influence of carbonate chemistry? Biogeosciences, 11, 4771-4782, https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-4771-2014.
[57]. Sanders R, Henson SA, Koski M, De La Rocha CL, Painter SC, Poulton AJ, Riley J, Salihoglu B, Visser A, Yool A, Bellerby R, Martin AP (2014). The Biological Carbon Pump in the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 129, 200-218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.05.005.
[56]. Richier S, Achterberg EP, Dumousseaud C, Poulton AJ, Suggett DJ, Tyrrell T, Zubkov MV, Moore CM (2014). Phytoplankton responses and associated carbon cycling during shipboard carbonate chemistry manipulation experiments conducted around Northwest European shelf seas. Biogeosciences, 11, 4733-4752, https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-4733-2014.
[55]. Poulton AJ, Stinchcombe MC, Achterberg EP, Bakker DCE, Dumousseaud C, Lawson HE, Lee G, Richier S, Suggett DJ, Young JR (2014). Coccolithophores on the north-west European Shelf: calcification rates and environmental controls. Biogeosciences, 11, 3919-3940, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3919-2014.
[54]. Pan X, Achterberg EP, Sanders R, Poulton AJ, Oliver KIC, Robinson C (2014). Dissolved organic carbon and apparent oxygen utilization in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 85, 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.12.003.
[53]. O’Dea SA, Gibbs SJ, Bown PR, Young JR, Poulton AJ, Newsam C, Wilson PA (2014). Coccolithophore calcification response to past ocean acidification and climate change. Nature Communications, 5, 5363, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6363.
[52]. Daniels CJ, Tyrrell T, Poulton AJ, Young JR (2014). A mixed life-cycle stage bloom of Syracosphaera bannockii (Borsetti and Cati, 1976) Cros et al. 2000 (Bay of Biscay, April 2010). Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 34, 31-36.
[51]. Daniels CJ, Sheward R, Poulton AJ (2014). Biogeochemical implications of comparative growth rates of Emiliania huxleyi and Coccolithus species. Biogeosciences, 11, 6915-6925, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6915-2014.
[50]. Balch WM, Drapeau DT, Bowler BC, Lyczkowski E, Lubelczyk L, Painter SC, Poulton AJ (2014). Surface biological, chemical and optical properties of the Patagonian Shelf coccolithophore bloom, the brightest waters of the Great Calcite Belt. Limnology and Oceanography, 59(5), 1715-1732, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1715.
[49]. Rynearson TA, Richardson K, Lampitt RS, Sieracki ME, Poulton AJ, Lyngsgaard MM, Perry MJ (2013). Major contribution of diatom resting spores to vertical flux in the sub-polar North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research I, 82, 60-71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07013.
[48]. Poulton AJ, Painter SC, Young JR, Bates NR, Bowler B, Drapeau D, Lyczckowski E, Balch WM (2013). The 2008 Emiliania huxleyi bloom along the Patagonian Shelf: Ecology, biogeochemistry and cellular calcification. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 27, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GB004641.
[47]. O’Brien CJ, Peloquin JA, Vogt M, Heinle M, Gruber N, Ajani P, Andruleit H, Aristegui J, Beaufort L, Estrada M, Karentz D, Kopczynska E, Lee R, Poulton AJ, Pritchard T, Widdecombe C (2013). Global marine plankton functional type biomass distributions: coccolithophores. Earth System Science Data, 5, 259-276, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-5-259-2013.
[46]. Marcinko CL, Allen JT, Poulton AJ, Painter SC, Martin AP (2013). Diurnal variations of dinoflagellate bioluminescence within the open-ocean north-east Atlantic. Journal of Plankton Research, 35(1), 177-190, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbs081.
[45]. Gibbs SJ, Poulton AJ, Bown PR, Daniels CJ, Hopkins J, Young JR, Jones HL, Thiemann GJ, O'Dea SA, Newsam C (2013). Species-specific growth response of coccolithophores to Palaeocene environmental change. Nature Geoscience, 6, 218-222, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1719.
[44]. Hinz DJ, Nielsdóttir MC, Korb RE, Whitehouse MJ, Poulton AJ, Moore CM, Achterberg E, Bibby TS (2012). Responses of micro-plankton community structure to iron addition in the Scotia Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 59-60, 36-46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.006.
[43]. Hinz DJ, Poulton AJ, Nielsdöttir MC, Steigenberger S, Korb RE, Achterberg E, Bibby TS (2012). Comparative seasonal biogeography of mineralising nannoplankton in the Scotia Sea: Emiliania huxleyi, Fragilariopsis spp. and Tetraparma pelagica. Deep-Sea Research II, 59-60, 57-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.09.002.
[42]. Tarling GA, Stowasser G, Ward P, Poulton AJ, Zhou M, Venables HJ, McGill RAR, Murphy EJ (2012). Seasonal trophic structure of the Scotia Sea pelagic ecosystem considered through biomass spectra and stable isotope analysis. Deep-Sea Research II, 59-60, 222-236, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.002.
[41]. Riley JS, Sanders R, Marsay C, Le Moigne FAC, Achterberg EP, Poulton AJ (2012). The relative contribution of fast and slow sinking particles to ocean carbon export. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26, GB1026, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GB004085.
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