Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weitz, Joshua S ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN VIRUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 84866354618     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B4-17     Document Type: Article

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