Correlation of Nutrient Concentration and the Size and Complexity of Microbial Cells in the Upwelling System of the California Current Ecosystem

Mackenzie Eckles1, Riley J Hale2, Lydia Baker1, Ewa Merz3, Jeff Shovlowsky Bowman3 and Kimberly J. Popendorf4, (1)California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (3)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States