Seasonal dynamics and nutrient controls of biogenic silica in Baltic Sea surface microplankton and picoplankton communities
In recent years, new contributors to the marine silica cycle have emerged, including pico-sized phytoplankton (<2–3 µm in size) such as Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes. Their contribution and relevance to silica cycling are still under investigation. Field studies reporting the biogenic silica (bSi) standing stock in the pico-sized fraction are limited to silica-poor oligotrophic environments, an
