inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and silicic acid and the trace metal iron. REcoM3 has two phytoplankton classes, small phytoplankton (with implicit representation of calcifiers) and diatoms. The intracellular st [...] work has extended the description of plankton functional types to three phytoplankton groups (coccolithophores, small phytoplankton, diatoms, Seifert et al., 2022 ) and three zooplankton groups (micro-, [...] and to include the sensitivity of phytoplankton growth to ocean acidification ( Seifert et al., 2022 ). Main REcoM references (chronological order): •[3 phytoplankton functional groups and CO2 sensitivity]