Prokaryotic picoplankton distribution within the oxygen minimum zone of the central Mexican Pacific across environmental gradients

Abstract Marine picophytoplankton has become an important issue to understand the global ecology of phototrophic forms, due to its wide distribution and contribution to biomass and productivity. We studied the abundance, distribution and signature pigments of the prokaryote picophytoplankters Prochl...

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Main Authors: Zuleima Santana-Vega, David Uriel Hernández-Becerril, Alejandro R. Morales-Blake, Francisco Varona-Cordero, Martín Merino-Ibarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592018000200157&lng=en&tlng=en