Microbial plankton communities in the coastal southeastern Black Sea: biomass, composition and trophic interactions
Journal: Oceanologia
Year: 2017

We investigated biomass and composition of the pico-, nano-and microplankton communities in a coastal station of the southeastern Black Sea during 2011. We also examined trophic interactions within these communities from size-fractionated dilution experiments in February, June and December. Autotrophic and heterotrophic biomasses showed similar seasonal trends, with a peak in June, but heterotrophs dominated throughout the year. Autotrophic biomass was mainly comprised by nanoflagellates and dia