The biogeochemistry of phytoplankton diversity and distribution in the open ocean: a broad view of marine primary producers and a close-up of coccolithophorids

<h1>PART ONE: A global perspective of marine primary productivity</h1> <p>Picture the ocean; what do you see? Perhaps a view of waves crashing against the shell-littered sand on the beach comes to mind, or maybe images of creatures large and small: whales, sharks, fishes, seahorses, and crabs. How many people, upon reading that command, would picture perhaps the most consequential inhabitants of Earth&rsquo;s oceans: phytoplankton? Despite being far from the flashiest members of the marine ecosystem, these small, single-celled producers are arguably the most important; without phytoplankton, life as we know it would not be possible, either in the oceans or on land.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@briannahoegler/the-biogeochemistry-of-phytoplankton-diversity-and-distribution-in-the-open-ocean-a-broad-view-of-33e299b0b4a7"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>