Viruses in a deep oligotrophic sea: Seasonal distribution of marine viruses in the epi-, meso- and bathypelagic waters of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Magiopoulos, Iordanis ^a,b,c   Pitta, Paraskevi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dark ocean; Flow cytometry; Viral groups; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA WATERS; CELL SIZE; DARK OCEAN; DEPTH ZONES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; NORTH AEGEAN SEA; NUCLEIC ACID CONTENTS; OLIGOTROPHIC SEA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VIRAL GROUPS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER VIRUSES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

VIRUSES;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MIXING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS; WATER MASS;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861546721     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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