Phytoplankton distribution patterns in the northwestern Sargasso Sea revealed by small subunit rRNA genes from plastids

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-492

  Treusch, Alexander H ^a,d   Demir Hilton, Elif ^b   Vergin, Kevin L ^a   Worden, Alexandra Z ^b   Carlson, Craig A ^c   Donatz, Michael G ^a   Burton, Robert M ^a   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BATS; marine; phytoplankton; plastid; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; DOMINANCE; FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; CHRYSOPHYTA; CLASSIFICATION; DIATOM; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEASON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; CHLOROPHYLL; CHRYSOPHYTA; DIATOMS; GENES, RRNA; HAPTOPHYTA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BATHYCOCCUS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MICROMONAS (GREEN ALGA); OSTREOCOCCUS; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84857108004     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.117     Document Type: Article

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