High diversity of microplankton surrounds deep-water coral reef in the Norwegian Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-89

  Jensen, Sigmund ^a   Bourne, David G ^b   Hovland, Martin ^a,c   Colin Murrell, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Ambio ASA   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water coral reef; Diversity; Microplankton; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DEEP WATER; EUKARYOTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA GENE; SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GENES, RRNA; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALVEOLATA; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; CRENARCHAEOTA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84866037896     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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