Modeling diverse communities of marine microbes

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 427-451

  Follows, Michael J ^a   Dutkiewicz, Stephanie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive; community structure; microbes; phytoplankton; self selection; trade offs; traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBES; SELF-SELECTION; TRADE-OFFS; TRAITS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TRADE-OFF;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GREEN ALGA; HAPTOPHYTA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEA;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; HAPTOPHYTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952996063     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142848     Document Type: Article

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