Phytoplankton resting stages at station LTER-MC. a Dinoflagellate cyst fluxes (cysts × 105 m-2 d-1); average monthly values over two years (1994 and 1995) (data from Montresor et al. 1998) b abundance of spores of Chaetoceros socialis (circles, viable spores × 103 g-1 of wet sediment) in April, June, September and November, and average monthly cell abundance (log10(n+1) ml-1) of spore-forming diatoms (light gray polygon) and of C. socialis in the plankton (dark gray polygon) (data from Montresor et al. 2013).