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2007, Oceanography 20(2):130–134, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.57
Oceanic Protists
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Authors
Barry F. Sherr | College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Evelyn B. Sherr | College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
David A. Caron | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Daniel Vaulot | Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 7144 CNRS, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Alexandra Z. Worden | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Protists are microscopic eukaryotic microbes that are ubiquitous, diverse, and major participants in oceanic food webs and in marine biogeochemical cycles. The study and characterization of protists has a long and distinguished tradition. Even with this history, the extraordinary species diversity and variety of interactions of protists in the sea are only now being fully appreciated. Figure 1 shows representative examples of marine protists, and of methods used to visualize these microbes.
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Sherr, B.F., E.B. Sherr, D.A. Caron, D. Vaulot, and A.Z. Worden. 2007. Oceanic protists. Oceanography 20(2):130–134, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.57.