Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7208, 2008, Pages 1084-1087

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Magagnini, Mirko ^a   Noble, Rachel ^b   Tamburini, Christian ^c   Weinbauer, Markus ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 50649125565     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07268     Document Type: Article

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