Ocean time-series reveals recurring seasonal patterns of virioplankton dynamics in the northwestern Sargasso Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-284

  Parsons, Rachel J ^a   Breitbart, Mya ^b   Lomas, Michael W ^a   Carlson, Craig A ^c  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BATS; FISH; phage; Prochlorococcus; SAR11; Sargasso

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GYRE; MIXING; OPEN OCEAN; PLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEA; SEASON; VIROLOGY; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84855931244     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.101     Document Type: Article

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