Protist community grazing on prokaryotic prey in deep ocean water masses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Rocke, Emma ^a   Pachiadaki, Maria G ^b   Cobban, Alec ^b,c   Kujawinski, Elizabeth B ^b   Edgcomb, Virginia P ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Falmouth Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENT DYE; OXYGEN; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTIZINIC ACID; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PREY; PROKARYOTE; PROTIST; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUKARYOTA; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHENOTHIAZINES; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929493857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124505     Document Type: Article

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