Enhanced viral production and virus-mediated mortality of bacterioplankton in a natural iron-fertilized bloom event above the Kerguelen Plateau

Above the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Ocean natural iron fertilization sustains a large phytoplankton bloom over 3 months during austral summer. During the KEOPS1 project (KErguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study1) we sampled this phytoplankton bloom during its declining phase along with the...

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Main Authors: A. Malits, U. Christaki, I. Obernosterer, M. G. Weinbauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/6841/2014/bg-11-6841-2014.pdf

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