Eukaryotic picoplankton in surface oceans

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages 91-110

  Massana, Ramon ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecological role; Microbial biogeography; Molecular surveys; Operational taxonomic units; Picoeukaryotes

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIVORE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; PICOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 80053289210     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-090110-102903     Document Type: Review

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