Full-depth profiles of prokaryotes, heterotrophic nanoflagellates, and ciliates along a transect from the equatorial to the subarctic central Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1537-1550

  Sohrin, Rumi ^a   Imazawa, Manabu ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^b   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 S 53 N 160 W; Biogeography; Central Pacific; Ciliates; Deep water; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION RATE; BATHYPELAGIC ZONE; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP WATER; DEPTH PROFILE; DETECTION LIMITS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HIGH LATITUDES; LOG-LOG PLOTS; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NANOFLAGELLATES; PACIFIC OCEAN; STEEPER SLOPES; STUDY AREAS; SUBARCTIC REGIONS; VERTICAL ATTENUATION; WATER COLUMNS;

BIOMASS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MICROORGANISMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CILIATE; FLAGELLATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTIC ZONE; PROKARYOTE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CILIOPHORA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77954145455     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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