Jellyfish blooms result in a major microbial respiratory sink of carbon in marine systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 10225-10230

  Condon, Robert H ^a,b   Steinberg, Deborah K ^a   Del Giorgio, Paul A ^c   Bouvier, Thierry C ^d   Bronk, Deborah A ^a   Graham, William M ^b   Ducklow, Hugh W ^e  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Fisheries production; Jelly carbon shunt

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON METABOLISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; JELLYFISH; JELLYFISH BLOOM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CTENOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; SCYPHOZOA; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 79959990824     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015782108     Document Type: Article

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