Depleted dissolved organic carbon and distinct bacterial communities in the water column of a rapid-flushing coral reef ecosystem

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1374-1387

  Nelson, Craig E ^a   Alldredge, Alice L ^a   McCliment, Elizabeth A ^b   Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^b,c   Carlson, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; coral reef; dissolved organic carbon; flow cytometry; MIRADA; pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEA;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYNESIA; SEAWATER;

MOOREA; PAOPAO BAY; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79960558994     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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