Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6237, 2015, Pages

  De Vargas, Colomban ^a,b,ai   Audic, Stéphane ^a,b   Henry, Nicolas ^a,b   Decelle, Johan ^a,b   Mahé, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Logares, Ramiro ^d   Lara, Enrique ^e   Berney, Ćdric ^a,b   Le Bescot, Noan ^a,b   Probert, Ian ^b,f   Carmichael, Margaux ^a,b,g   Poulain, Julie ^h   Romac, Sarah ^a,b   Colin, Sébastien ^a,b,g   Aury, Jean Marc ^h   Bittner, Lucie ^a,b,g,i   Chaffron, Samuel ^j,k,l   Dunthorn, Micah ^c   Engelen, Stefan ^h   Flegontova, Olga ^m,n   Guidi, Lionel ^b,o   Horák, Aleš ^m,n   Jaillon, Olivier ^h,p,q   Lima Mendez, Gipsi ^j,k,l   Lukeš, Julius ^m,n,r   Malviya, Shruti ^g   Morard, Raphael ^a,b,s   Mulot, Matthieu ^e   Scalco, Eleonora ^t   Siano, Raffaele ^u   Vincent, Flora ^g,k   Zingone, Adriana ^t   Dimier, Céline ^a,b,g   Picheral, Marc ^b,o   Searson, Sarah ^b,o   Kandels Lewis, Stefanie ^v   Acinas, Silvia G ^d   Bork, Peer ^v,w   Bowler, Chris ^g   Gorsky, Gabriel ^b,o   Grimsley, Nigel ^b,x   Hingamp, Pascal ^y   Iudicone, Daniele ^t   Not, Fabrice ^a,b   Ogata, Hiroyuki ^z   Pesant, Stephane ^s   Raes, Jeroen ^j,k,l   Sieracki, Michael E ^aa,ab   Speich, Sabrina ^g,ac   Stemmann, Lars ^b,o   Sunagawa, Shinichi ^v   Weissenbach, Jean ^h,p,q   Wincker, Patrick ^h,p,q,ai   Karsenti, Eric ^g,v,ai   Boss, Emmanuel ^ad   Follows, Michael ^ae   Karp Boss, Lee ^ad   Krzic, Uros ^v   Reynaud, Emmanuel G ^af   Sardet, Christian ^b,o   Sullivan, Matthew B ^ag,ai   Velayoudon, Didier ^ah   more..

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^g ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^h DIF   (France)

ⁱ Département de Biologie   (France)

^j REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^k DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^l VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^m INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^o LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^p CNRS   (France)

^q UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^r CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^t STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^u IFREMER   (France)

^v EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^w MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^x France   (France)

^y CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^z KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aa BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^ab NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^ac INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^ae MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^ag University of Arizona   (United States)

^ah DVIP Consulting   (France)

^ai OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROPLANKTON; PHOTIC ZONE; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMENSALISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MESOPLANKTON; MICROPLANKTON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOSPECIES; NANOPLANKTON; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; PSEUDOGENE; SEA; SYMBIONT; TROPIC CLIMATE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84929996994     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1261605     Document Type: Article

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