Phytoplankton carbon fixation gene (RuBisCO) transcripts and air-sea CO"2 flux in the Mississippi River plume

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 517-531

  John, David E ^a   Wang, Zhaohui A ^a   Liu, Xuewu ^a   Byrne, Robert H ^a   Corredor, Jorge E ^b   López, José M ^b   Cabrera, Alvaro ^b   Bronk, Deborah A ^c   Tabita, F Robert ^d   Paul, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Diatoms; Nutrient plumes; Phytoplankton productivity; Prochlorococcus; RNA

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESH WATER; MESSENGER RNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; FRESH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEAWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; STRAMENOPILES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34948835186     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.70     Document Type: Article

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