DIVERSITY OF N
2
FIXERS
AT STA. ALOHA
-
variable turnover /
high export
-
low turnover /
low export
-
high turnover /
low export
-
consumed by
zooplankton
- not readily consumed
-
consumed by
protozoans
- sinkers / migrators
- floaters / migrators
-
dispersed
- bloom forming
- bloom forming
-
“background”
population
- large (>20 µm)
- large (>20 µm)
- small (<2 µm)
Diatoms/
Richelia
Trichodesmium
Picoplankton