Seasonal succession of free-living bacterial communities in coastal waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

The marine ecosystem along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) undergoes a dramatic seasonal transition every spring, from almost total darkness to almost continuous sunlight, resulting in a cascade of environmental changes, including phytoplankton blooms that support a highly productive food web....

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Main Authors: Catherine Luria, Linda Amaral-Zettler, Hugh Ducklow, Jeremy Rich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01731/full