Temperature and phosphorus interacts in controlling the picoplankton carbon flux in the Adriatic Sea: an experimental vs. field study Mladen Šolić 1 , Danijela Šantić 1* , Stefanija Šestanović 1 , Natalia Bojanić 1 , Slaven Jozić 1 , Ana Vrdoljak 1 , Marin Ordulj 2 , Grozdan Kušpilić 1 1 Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia 2 University of Split, Department of Marine Studies, Split, Croatia Running title: Temperature and phosphorus control of picoplankton * Corresponding author: Danijela Šantić Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries POB 500, 21000 Split, Croatia Phone: 385-21-408 006 Fax: 385-21-358 650 E-mail: segvic@izor.hr This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14634 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.