Closely related phytoplankton species produce similar suites of dissolved organic matter

Production of dissolved organic matter (DOM) by marine phytoplankton supplies the majority of organic substrate consumed by heterotrophic bacterioplankton in the sea. This production and subsequent consumption converts a vast quantity of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus between organic and inorganic...

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Main Authors: Jamie William Becker, Paul M Berube, Christopher L Follett, John B Waterbury, Sallie W Chisholm, Edward F DeLong, Daniel J Repeta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00111/full