PHYTOPLANKTON IN A TURBULENT WORLD

This contribution reviews relationships between turbulence and marine phytoplankton ecology, ranging from the mesoscale to the smallest scal es. Phytoplankton life-forms, considered to be survival strategies in a turbulent environment, are briefly presented. The importance of meso scale hydrodynamics on phytoplankton distributions and organisms physi ology and behaviour, are examined. Finally, direct effects of small sc ale turbulence on phytoplankton are considered.