Characteristics, dynamics and significance of marine snow

VERTEX: carbon cycling in the northeast Pacific

1987 • 2,095 citations

Particulate organic carbon flux in the oceans—surface productivity and oxygen utilization

1980 • 1,363 citations

THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES IN THE OCEAN1

1972 • 1,300 citations

Aquatic surface chemistry

1988 • 1,072 citations

Flocculation of dissolved organic and inorganic matter during the mixing of river water and seawater

1976 • 1,016 citations

Role of sinking in diatom life-history cycles: ecological, evolutionary and geological significance

1985 • 956 citations

Seasonal sedimentation of phytoplankton to the deep-sea benthos

1983 • 930 citations

Physiology and Biochemistry of Algae.

1963 • 852 citations

Role of large particles in the transport of elements and organic compounds through the oceanic water column

1986 • 841 citations

Size spectra and aggregation of suspended particles in the deep ocean

1984 • 713 citations

Evidence for the seasonal deposition of detritus to the deep-sea floor and its subsequent resuspension

1985 • 591 citations

Geochemical Processes: Water and Sediment Environments

1979 • 590 citations

In situ settling behavior of marine snow1

1988 • 584 citations

Flocculation and de-flocculation of suspended matter in estuaries

1986 • 481 citations

Nitrogenous Nutrition of Marine Phytoplankton in Nutrient-Depleted Waters

1979 • 439 citations

The chemistry, biology, and vertical flux of particulate matter from the upper 400 m of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

1977 • 437 citations

Can Microscale Chemical Patches Persist in the Sea? Microelectrode Study of Marine Snow, Fecal Pellets

1987 • 432 citations

Seasonality and Interaction of Biogenic and Lithogenic Particulate Flux at the Panama Basin

1982 • 399 citations

Coccoliths: Production, transportation and sedimentation

1976 • 372 citations

Size distribution and activity of marine microheterotrophs1

1977 • 360 citations

Seasonality in the supply of sediment to the deep Sargasso Sea and implications for the rapid transfer of matter to the deep ocean

1981 • 348 citations

Geochemical processes, water and sediment environments

1979 • 334 citations

Marine snow: sinking rates and potential role in vertical flux

1980 • 317 citations

ORGANIC AGGREGATES IN SEAWATER AND THE DYNAMICS OF THEIR FORMATION AND UTILIZATION

1963 • 291 citations

Production of carbohydrates by marine planktonic diatoms. I. Comparison of nine different species in culture

1974 • 289 citations

Underwater observations of gelatinous zooplankton: Sampling problems, feeding biology, and behavior1

1975 • 263 citations

Particulate Organic Matter in Sea Water

1971 • 255 citations

Heterotrophic Bacteria and Bacterivorous Protozoa in Oceanic Macroaggregates

1982 • 246 citations

The vertical flux of particulate organic nitrogen in the sea : decomposition of amino acids in the Peru upwelling area and the equatorial Atlantic

1982 • 243 citations

THE SURFACE CHARGE OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN SEAWATER

1972 • 239 citations

Measuring the flux and sinking speed of marine snow aggregates

1987 • 238 citations

Pelagic Tunicates: Unique Herbivores in the Marine Plankton

1982 • 234 citations

Marine Snow: Microplankton Habitat and Source of Small-Scale Patchiness in Pelagic Populations

1978 • 231 citations

Ecology of Heterotrophic Microflagellates. I. Some Important Forms and Their Functional Morphology

1982 • 228 citations

Sinking rates of fecal pellets from gelatinous zooplankton (Salps, Pteropods, Doliolids)

1981 • 222 citations

The Sea Around Us

1951 • 218 citations

The Role of Polymers in Microbial Aggregation

1973 • 218 citations

Organic matter and the surface charge of suspended particles in estuarine waters1

1982 • 217 citations

Discarded appendicularian houses as sources of food, surface habitats, and particulate organic matter in planktonic environments

1976 • 216 citations

Abandoned Larvacean Houses: A Unique Food Source in the Pelagic Environment

1972 • 213 citations

Marine snow: Microscale nutrient patches1

1979 • 210 citations

Seasonal deposition of phytodetritus to the deep-sea floor

1986 • 205 citations

BATHYPELAGIC MARINE SNOW: DEEP-SEA ALGAL AND DETRITAL COMMUNITY

1981 • 202 citations

Bacterial exocellular polymers and biological flocculation.

1972 • 202 citations

Biogeochemistry of particulate organic matter in the oceans: results from sediment trap experiments

1984 • 202 citations

Seasonal fluxes of pelagic diatoms in the subarctic Pacific, 1982–1983

1986 • 197 citations

Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems: Theory and Practice.

1985 • 192 citations

Production of heterotrophic bacteria inhabiting macroscopic organic aggregates (marine snow) from surface waters1

1986 • 191 citations

Fecal Pellets: Role in Sedimentation of Pelagic Diatoms

1971 • 178 citations

The chemistry, biology and vertical flux of particulate matter from the upper 400 m of the Cape Basin in the southeast Atlantic Ocean

1978 • 172 citations

Phytoplankton growth and Zooplankton grazing in oligotrophic oceans

1980 • 172 citations

The Oceanic Microcosm of Particles

1977 • 172 citations

Bacterial chemolithotrophy in the ocean is associated with sinking particles

1984 • 172 citations

Surfactant production by marine phytoplankton

1981 • 166 citations

Direct optical assessment of large amorphous aggregates (marine snow) in the deep ocean

1984 • 163 citations

ECOLOGY OF ORGANIC AGGREGATES IN THE VICINITY OF A CORAL REEF1

1967 • 162 citations

Vertical distribution, transport, and exchange of carbon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: evidence for multiple zones of biological activity

1984 • 159 citations

Chemical interactions in the aggregation of bacteria bioflocculation in waste treatment

1968 • 155 citations

Detrital Organic Fluxes Through Pelagic Ecosystems

1984 • 154 citations

Organic matter fluxes from sediment traps in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

1980 • 153 citations

Grazing of attached bacteria by heterotrophic microflagellates

1987 • 152 citations

Microzones surrounding phytoplankton form the basis for a stratified marine microbial ecosystem

1985 • 150 citations

Bacterial uptake of dissolved organic matter in relation to detrital aggregation in marine and freshwater systems1

1974 • 145 citations

Observations on the degradation of biogenic material in the deep ocean with implications on accuracy of sediment trap fluxes

1983 • 138 citations

Advantages to microbes of growth in permeable aggregates in marine systems1

1987 • 136 citations

The chemical composition of macroscopic aggregates in two neretic seas1

1979 • 135 citations

Tenuous Structures from Disorderly Growth Processes

1986 • 133 citations

Sedimentation of biogenic siliceous particles in Antarctic waters from the Atlantic sector

1987 • 129 citations

Microbial attachment to particles in marine and freshwater ecosystems

1975 • 127 citations

The chemistry, biology, and vertical flux of particulate matter from the upper 1500 m of the Panama Basin

1980 • 126 citations

Aggregation of organic matter by pelagic tunicates1

1980 • 121 citations

In situ measurement of particle size in estuarine waters

1987 • 120 citations

The residence time of particulate organic carbon in the surface layer of the ocean

1983 • 116 citations

Differential feeding and fecal pellet composition of salps and pteropods, and the possible origin of the deep-water flora and olive-green ?Cells?

1981 • 116 citations

Observations on coral mucus “flocs” and their potential trophic significance1

1973 • 110 citations

Deep Advective Transport of Lithogenic Particles in Panama Basin

1982 • 109 citations

Enrichment of microbial populations in macroaggregates (marine snow) from surface waters of the North Atlantic

1986 • 108 citations

The significance of macroscopic aggregates (marine snow) as sites for heterotrophic bacterial production in the mesopelagic zone of the subtropical Atlantic

1985 • 107 citations

Origins and microenvironments of bacteria mediating fecal pellet decomposition in the sea

1983 • 107 citations

In situ and laboratory measurements on macroscopic aggregates in Monterey Bay, California 1

1978 • 105 citations

Detritus in Lake Tahoe: Structural Modification by Attached Microflora

1973 • 102 citations

Macroflocs: Production of Marine Snow in the Laboratory

1980 • 94 citations

A microscopic study of organic particles in the North Atlantic ocean

1970 • 93 citations

Bacterial dynamics and distribution during a spring diatom bloom in the Hudson River plume, USA

1983 • 92 citations

Organic particle and aggregate formation resulting from the dissolution of bubbles in seawater1

1980 • 92 citations

Phaeocystis pouchetii blooms in the East Frisian coastal waters (German Bight, North Sea)

1986 • 90 citations

Particulate matter distributions, chemistry and flux in the panama basin: response to environment forcing

1986 • 88 citations

Microbial synthesis of macroparticulate matter

1985 • 87 citations

Ciliated protozoa associated with oceanic sinking detritus

1984 • 86 citations

Microbial Aggregation

2018 • 85 citations

Suspension times of particles in the upper ocean

1987 • 85 citations

Binding of manganese by Antarctic Phaeocystis pouchetii and the role of bacteria in its release

1987 • 82 citations

Exocellular mucopolysaccharide closely related to bacterial floc formation

1977 • 81 citations

Marine snow aggregates: life history sequence and microbial community of abandoned larvacean houses from Monterey Bay, California

1986 • 81 citations

Bacterial activity related to sedimenting particulate matter

1979 • 80 citations

ON THE OCCURRENCE AND FORMATION OF SMALL PARTICLES IN SEAWATER

1967 • 79 citations

Sinking rates and dissolution of midwater fish fecal matter

1981 • 79 citations

Free-Floating Mucus Webs: A Novel Feeding Adaptation for the Open Ocean

1972 • 78 citations

Settling velocity and porosity of large suspended particle

1971 • 78 citations

Primary production of marine snow during and after an upwelling event1

1983 • 77 citations

In situ holographic measurements of the sizes and settling rates of oceanic particulates

1982 • 75 citations

Evidence for sustained residence of macrocrustacean fecal pellets in surface waters off Southern California

1987 • 75 citations

Large particle fluxes and the vertical transport of living carbon in the upper 1500 m of the northeast Pacific Ocean

1981 • 74 citations

Blooms of the pelagic tunicate, <I>Dolioletta gegenbauri:</I> Are they associated with Gulf Stream frontal eddies?

1985 • 72 citations

Microbial organic carbon recovery in aquatic ecosystems1

1978 • 71 citations

Colloidal Stability of Particles in Lakes: Measurement and Significance

1985 • 68 citations

Heterotrophic Utilisation of Mucilage Released During Fragmentation of Kelp (Ecklonia maxima and Laminana pallida). I. Development of Microbial Communities Associated with the Degradation of Kelp Mucilage

1981 • 68 citations

Growth and sedimentation of the phytoplankton spring bloom in the Bornholm Sea (Baltic Sea)

1981 • 68 citations

Prediction of Oceanic Particle Size Distributions from Coagulation and Sedimentation Mechanisms

1980 • 68 citations

Bacterial growth and the decomposition of particulate organic carbon collected in sediment traps

1985 • 66 citations

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOTATION OF MARINE DIATOMS. III. BACTERIASTRUM HYALINUM AND CHAETOCEROS LAUDERI

1966 • 61 citations

Metabolic activity and bioluminescence of oceanic faecal pellets and sediment trap particles

1984 • 60 citations

Biogenic debris from the pelagic tunicate, Oikopleura dioica, and its role in the vertical transport of a transuranium element

1984 • 59 citations

Lateral transport of Mn in the north-east Pacific Gyre oxygen minimum

1985 • 56 citations

Seasonal study of fecal pellets and discarded houses of Appendicularia in a subtropical inlet, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

1982 • 54 citations

Marine snow: major site of primary production in coastal waters

1982 • 53 citations

Particulate organic carbon flux in the subarctic Pacific

1983 • 53 citations

Macroaggregates of Emiliana huxleyi in sediment traps

1985 • 52 citations

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF SUSPENDED MATTER AND PLANKTON IN THE SEA

1954 • 52 citations

Floc breakage by pumps

1981 • 51 citations

PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MARINE SNOW IN SURFACE WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

1982 • 51 citations

Surface coagulation in sea water

1986 • 50 citations

Notes. Sampling of mineral flocs using Niskin bottles

1983 • 50 citations

Abundance of nanoplankton-size chlorophyll-containing particles caused by diatom disruption in surface waters of the Southern Ocean (Antarctic Pensinsula region)

1986 • 49 citations

Impact of bacteria and zooflagellates on the composition of sinking particles: an in situ experiment

1986 • 48 citations

Notes. Floc breakage during HIAC light-blocking analysis

1982 • 48 citations

Floc stability during Coulter-counter size analysis

1982 • 46 citations

Lysis as a factor in sludge flocculation

1984 • 46 citations

The Biological Role of Detritus in the Marine Environment

1984 • 45 citations

Adsorption of phosphates onto bubbles

1962 • 44 citations

Organic carbon in the water column and its sedimentation, fladen ground (North Sea), May 1983

1986 • 44 citations

Nonliving organic particle formation from bubble dissolution1

1976 • 44 citations

Observations and geologic significance of marine snow in a shallow‐water, partially enclosed marine embayment

1987 • 43 citations

Giant Larvacean Houses: Observations from Deep Submersibles

1979 • 43 citations

Chemosensory responses of a heterotrophic microflagellate to bacteria and several nitrogen compounds

1987 • 41 citations

Sedimentation of particulate organic matter and silicium during spring and summer in Lindaspollene, Western Norway

1986 • 37 citations

Macroaggregates and their phytoplanktonic components in the Southern California Bight

1986 • 36 citations

Gelatinous colonies of the diatomThalassiosirain Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings includingT. fragilis, sp. nov.

1984 • 35 citations

The nature and ecological significance of bacterial aggregation in a nearshore upwelling ecosystem

1982 • 34 citations

The effect of incomplete recovery of large particles from water samplers on the chemical composition of oceanic particulate matter1

1979 • 33 citations

Microbial Activity and Ultrastructure of Mineral-Based Marine Snow from Howe Sound, British Columbia

1987 • 29 citations

Morphological Examination of Fibrillar Colloids Associated with Algae and Bacteria in Lakes

1979 • 29 citations

Trace metals in large agglomerates (marine snow)

1986 • 28 citations

Accelerated settling of particulate matter by marine snow aggregates

1985 • 25 citations

A recording backward scattering meter and camera system for examination of the distribution and morphology of macroaggregates

1985 • 24 citations

Abiotic formation of particles from extracellular organic carbon released by phytoplankton

1982 • 23 citations

Microbial clumps in seawater in the euphotic zone of Saanich Inlet (British Columbia)

1971 • 22 citations

Studies on bacterial activities in aerobic and anaerobic waste water purification

1984 • 19 citations

Alteration of microbial metabolic activities in association with detritus.

1984 • 15 citations

Organic coatings on suspended particles in lake water

1984 • 14 citations

Bioluminescence Of Marine Snow: Its Effect On The Optical Properties Of The Sea

1984 • 14 citations

Utilization of a fecal mass as food by the pelagic mysis larva of the penaeid shrimp Solenocera atlantidis

1982 • 12 citations

Blooms of Surf-Zone Diatoms Along the Coast of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. XII. The Clay Coat of Chaetoceros armatum T. West

1980 • 8 citations

Effects of bacterial communities on floc sizes and numbers in industrial and domestic effluents

1986 • 5 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations