Distribution and niche separation of planktonic microbial communities in the water columns from the surface to the hadal waters of the Japan Trench under the eutrophic ocean

Distribution and niche separation of planktonic microbial communities in the water columns from the surface to the hadal waters of the Japan Trench under the eutrophic ocean

The Japan Trench is located under the eutrophic Northwestern Pacific while the Mariana Trench that harbors the unique hadal planktonic biosphere is located under the oligotrophic Pacific. Water samples from the sea surface to just above the seafloor at a total of 11 stations including a trench axis...

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Main Authors: Takuro Nunoura, Miho Hirai, Yukari Yoshida-Takashima, Manabu Nishizawa, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Taichi Yokokawa, Junichi Miyazaki, Osamu Koide, Hiroko Makita, Yoshihiro Takaki, Michinari SUNAMURA, Ken Takai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Nitrification
Deep ocean
Niche separation
Trench
Hadal
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01261/full

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