The importance of the ‘middle class’ to oceanic net community production

Angelicque E White1, Laurie W Juranek2, Mathilde Dugenne3, Stephanie Dutkiewicz4, Sara Ferrón1 and David M Karl1, (1)University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States