Patterns of marine bacterioplankton biodiversity in the surface waters of the Scotia Arc, Southern Ocean

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 452-468

  Jamieson, Rachel E ^a   Rogers, Alex D ^b   Billett, David S M ^c   Smale, Dan A ^d   Pearce, David A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bacteria; Distribution; Marine; Patchiness; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; HYBRIDIZATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; SEA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SCOTIA ARC; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84859605518     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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