HORIZONS Misuse of the phytoplankton– zooplankton dichotomy: the need to assign organisms as mixotrophs within plankton functional types
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KEVIN J. FLYNN1*, DIANE K. STOECKER2, ADITEE MITRA1, JOHN A. RAVEN3, PATRICIA M. GLIBERT2, PER JUEL HANSEN5, EDNA GRANÉLI4 AND JOANN M. BURKHOLDER6 1 CENTRE OF SUSTAINABLE AQUATIC RESEARCH (CSAR), SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, SWANSEA SA2 8PP, UK, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, HORN POINT LABORATORY, PO BOX 775, CAMBRIDGE, MD 21613, USA, DIVISION OF PLANT SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE AT THE JAMES
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