Mixotrophic basis of Atlantic oligotrophic ecosystems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5756-5760

  Hartmann, Manuela ^a   Grob, Carolina ^b   Tarran, Glen A ^c   Martin, Adrian P ^a   Burkill, Peter H ^d,e   Scanlan, David J ^b   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbial grazers; Phototrophic eukaryotes; Phytoplankton predation; Primary producers; Pulse chase labeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; MIXOTROPH; NONHUMAN; OLIGOTROPHIC ECOSYSTEM; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PLANKTON; PLASTIDS; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84859611702     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118179109     Document Type: Article

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