A first-principles look at phytoplankton chemistry reveals an overlooked driver of the ocean’s oxygen budget.
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Shlomit Sharoni, Keisuke Inomura, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Oliver Jahn, Gregory L. Britten, Michael J. Follows (2026), C:H:N:O:P stoichiometry and oxygen demand of marine organic matter are driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology, Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aeg6228 Continue reading C:H:N:O:P stoichiometry and oxygen demand of marine organic matter are driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology
Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton
With warmer ocean temperatures, the composition of marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, a new study suggests. Continue reading Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton
Mattern, Jann Paul, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jordyn E. Moscoso, Christopher A. Edwards (2026), Zooplankton grazing and nutrient supply control the emergence of large diatoms in coastal upwelling systems: Insights from a regional ecosystem model, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.70332
Francesco Mattei, Anna E. Hickman, Julia Uitz, Vincenzo Vellucci, Laurence Garczarek, Frédéric Partensky, Stephanie Dutkiewicz (2026), Phytoplankton With Flexible Pigment Content Disadvantaged by Projected Future Decrease in Variability of the Ocean Light Spectrum, Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.70671 Continue reading Phytoplankton With Flexible Pigment Content Disadvantaged by Projected Future Decrease in Variability of the Ocean Light Spectrum
François Ribalet, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Erwan Monier, E. Virginia Armbrust (2025), Future Ocean Warming May Cause Large Reductions in Prochlorococcus Biomass and Productivity, Nature Micro., doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02106-4
A Cold Bloom: Modeling Productivity in West Greenland
Research using ECCO-Darwin and co-authored by Stephanie Dutkiewicz helps uncover link between glacier melt and coastal productivity in Greenland. Continue reading A Cold Bloom: Modeling Productivity in West Greenland
Am I Blue? Green? Something in Between?
Tiny organisms can adapt to changing light, much to our benefit: Enjoy NASA’s Storymap for Mattei et al (2025) Continue reading Am I Blue? Green? Something in Between?
Ocean Chameleons: How phytoplankton adapt to light to conquer the world’s waters
CBIOMES researcher contributes to study demonstrating that pigment diversity in the cyanobacteria Synechococcus has enabled this organism to colonize all light environments. Continue reading Ocean Chameleons: How phytoplankton adapt to light to conquer the world’s waters
Francesco Mattei, Anna E. Hickman, Julia Uitz, Louison Dufour, Vincenzo Vellucci, Laurence Garczarek, Frédéric Partensky, Stephanie Dutkiewicz (2025), Chromatic acclimation shapes phytoplankton biogeography, Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adr9609 Continue reading Chromatic acclimation shapes phytoplankton biogeography