Seasonal and geographical distribution of near-surface small photosynthetic eukaryotes in the western north pacific determined by pyrosequencing of 18S rDNA

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Kataoka, Takafumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Haruyo ^a   Sato, Mayumi ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^b   Taniuchi, Yukiko ^b,c   Kuwata, Akira ^b   Kawachi, Masanobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Kuroshio Oyashio transition; Pyrosequencing; Small eukaryotic phytoplankton; Spatiotemporal distribution

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LEPTOCYLINDRUS; MINIDISCUS; MINUTOCELLUS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEA; SEASON;

DIATOMS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 85021733598     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw229     Document Type: Article

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