Depth profiles of bacterioplankton assemblages and their activities in the Ross Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2193-2205

  Celussi, Mauro ^a   Cataletto, Bruno ^a   Fonda Umani, Serena ^b   Del Negro, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bacteria; Biogeochemical cycles; PCR DGGE; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; ANTARCTICA; BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON PRODUCTION; CHITINASES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP WATER; DEGRADATIVE ACTIVITY; DENSE SURFACE; DEPTH PROFILE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOWN-WELLING; GLUCOSIDASE; HIGH SALINITY SHELF WATERS; HOT SPOT; LIPASE ACTIVITY; MESOPELAGIC; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PCR-DGGE; PHYLOTYPES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; ROSS SEA; TERRA NOVA BAYS; UPTAKE RATE; WATER COLUMNS; WATER FORMATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SALINE WATER; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURFACE WATERS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DOWNWELLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE ADARE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 71849096914     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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