by Karine LEBLANC (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, CNRS/Aix-Marseille University) During the KEOPS I and II programs, we studied the growth conditions of the phytoplankton bloom in spring and summer off the Kerguelen plateau. In particular, we studied the effects of the natural iron fertilization from the island on diatoms, a siliceous cell wall-bearing unicellular algal … Lire la suite de How do diatoms die …