Planktic foraminifera and shelled pteropods are some of the major producers of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the ocean. Their calcitic (foraminifera) and aragonitic (pteropods) shells are particularly
Carbon per cell of grazer and prey calculated using the following equation of Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000): picogram carbon per cell = 0.216*biovolume**0.939.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences. Authorship was originally taken from the JGOFS CDs (Lowry & BODC) and was changed by request of the...
10-30 ml subsamples were concentrated on 25 mm black polycarbonate filters (0.6 µm for NF, 0.2 µm for B), stained with DAPI for 10 min and filtered. NF were counted using UV and blue excitation and en
