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| DIVERSITY OF N2 FIXERS |
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| AT STA. ALOHA |
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| Picoplankton |
| Trichodesmium |
| Diatoms/Richelia |
| -
small (<2 µm) |
| -
large (>20 µm) |
| -
large (>20 µm) |
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|
|
| - | “background” |
|
| population |
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| -
bloom forming |
| -
bloom forming |
|
|
| - | dispersed |
| -
floaters / migrators |
| -
sinkers / migrators |
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|
|
| - | consumed by |
|
| protozoans |
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| -
not readily consumed |
|
|
|
| - | consumed by |
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| zooplankton |
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|
|
|
| - | high turnover / |
|
| low export |
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|
|
|
|
| - | low turnover / |
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| low export |
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|
|
|
| - | variable
turnover / |
|
| high export |
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