Seasonal Synechococcus and Thaumarchaeal population dynamics examined with high resolution with remote in situ instrumentation

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-523

  Robidart, Julie C ^a   Preston, Christina M ^b   Paerl, Ryan W ^c   Turk, Kendra A ^a   Mosier, Annika C ^d   Francis, Christopher A ^d   Scholin, Christopher A ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crenarchaeota; Environmental Sample Processor; Monterey Bay; Synechococcus; Thaumarchaeota; time series

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BAY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BAYS; CALIFORNIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; NITRATES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857111331     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.127     Document Type: Article

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