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English: Figures 1,3,4,5 a-d of Bratbak et al. (1993) paper. The rise in Large Virus-like Particles (LVLPs) following the crash of the Emiliania huxleyi population occurs in the mesocosm experiments replete in phosphate seemingly regardless of nitrate levels. The sharp decline of E. huxleyi population while nutrients are still available suggests the termination of a bloom is not due to nutrient limitation but rather caused by mass viral lysis. Algal blooms of other species can be seen succeeding the initial E. huxleyi bloom. E. huxleyi populations decline in mesocosms deplete in phosphate when nutrients are limited. The entire 1991 experiment (Figure 4) and June 25 onwards in 1990 experiment can considered to be phosphate depleted because phosphate leakage from cells had increased dissolved phosphate concentrations during storage.