Reducing the arbitrary: fuzzy detection of microbial ecotones and ecosystems – focus on the pelagic environment

Abstract Background One of the central objectives of microbial ecology is to study the distribution of microbial communities and their association with their environments. Biogeographical studies have partitioned the oceans into provinces and regions, but the identification of their boundaries remai...

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Main Authors: Antoine Bagnaro, Federico Baltar, Gretchen Brownstein, William G. Lee, Sergio E. Morales, Daniel W. Pritchard, Christopher D. Hepburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Environmental Microbiome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40793-020-00363-w