Molecular approach to determine contributions of the protist community to particle flux

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2206-2215

  Amacher, Jessica ^a   Neuer, Susanne ^a   Anderson, Ian ^a   Massana, Ramon ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Carbon flux; Clone libraries; Particle traps; Protists

Indexed keywords

18S RDNA; CARBON FLUXES; CLONE LIBRARY; CLONING AND SEQUENCING; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DOWNWARD PARTICLE FLUXES; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EXPORT PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR APPROACH; NORTH ATLANTIC; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICLE TRAPS; PHOTIC ZONE; PLANKTON COMMUNITIES; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TRAP MATERIALS; WATER COLUMNS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CLONING; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LIBRARIES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CARBON FLUX; CLONE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTIST; SYNTAXONOMY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 71849092503     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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