Microbial community phylogenetic and trait diversity declines with depth in a marine oxygen minimum zone

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1659-1673

  Bryant, Jessica A ^a   Stewart, Frank J ^b   Eppley, John M ^a   Delong, Edward F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Functional diversity; Microbial diversity; Oxygen minimum zones; Phylogenetic diversity; Trait diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OXYGEN; WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DECLINE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; WATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84864223229     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1204.1     Document Type: Article

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