A Survey of Chrysophyte Ultraplankton from the Open Oceans

超浮游生物提供了70-80%的初级生产力， 开阔的海洋 超浮游生物有三大类（1） 原核生物;（2）绿色藻类;和（3）金色藻类。 的 PI建议调查北大西洋和北太平洋 两种原生生物纲的超浮游生物 藻类-绿藻门和Prymnesiophyta，生产整个坐骑， 切片材料，培养收集的标本，研究 这些标本和培养物-以及已经掌握的培养物- 使用电子显微镜。 这些分类群很少被收集， 在文化上就更少了。 因此，人们对 他们的生物学，尽管他们在世界小学的重要性， 生产 这项研究应该开始纠正这种缺乏 通过对物种进行编目并将其提供给 深入研究。

Ultraplankton provide 70-80% of the primary productivity of the open oceans. There are three major groups of ultraplankton (1) prokaryotic organisms; (2) green algae; and (3) golden algae. The PI proposes to survey the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans for ultraplankton members of the two protistan classes of golden algae---Chrysophyta and Prymnesiophyta, to produce whole mounts and sectioned materials, to culture the collected specimens, to study these specimens and cultures---and cultures already in-hand --- using electron microscopy. These taxa are seldom collected and even fewer are in culture. Consequently, little is known about their biology, in spite of their significance in world primary production. This study should begin to rectify that lack of knowledge by cataloging the species and making them available for in-depth studies.