A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1352-1364

  Weitz, Joshua S ^a   Stock, Charles A ^b   Wilhelm, Steven W ^c   Bourouiba, Lydia ^d   Coleman, Maureen L ^e   Buchan, Alison ^c   Follows, Michael J ^d   Fuhrman, Jed A ^f   Jover, Luis F ^a   Lennon, Jay T ^g   Middelboe, Mathias ^h   Sonderegger, Derek L ⁱ   Suttle, Curtis A ^j   Taylor, Bradford P ^a   Frede Thingstad, T ^k   Wilson, William H ^l   Eric Wommack, K ^m  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD WEB; LYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIRUS;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84929653204     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.220     Document Type: Article

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