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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01731/full |