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19229037

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5917
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
Thin layers of phytoplankton are important hotspots of ecological activity that are found in the coastal ocean, meters beneath the surface, and contain cell concentrations up to two orders of magnitude above ambient concentrations. Current interpretations of their formation favor abiotic processes, yet many phytoplankton species found in these layers are motile. We demonstrated that layers formed when the vertical migration of phytoplankton was disrupted by hydrodynamic shear. This mechanism, which we call gyrotactic trapping, can be responsible for the thin layers of phytoplankton commonly observed in the ocean. These results reveal that the coupling between active microorganism motility and ambient fluid motion can shape the macroscopic features of the marine ecological landscape.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
323
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1067-70
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Disruption of vertical motility by shear triggers formation of thin phytoplankton layers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't