Marine microbial community dynamics and their ecological interpretation

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 133-146

  Fuhrman, Jed A ^a   Cram, Jacob A ^a   Needham, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BERMUDA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; BIOTA; MICROBIOLOGY;

SEA WATER;

BIOTA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84923621249     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3417     Document Type: Review

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