Thalassiosira spp. community composition shifts in response to chemical and physical forcing in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

Diatoms are genetically diverse unicellular photosynthetic eukaryotes that are key primary producers in the ocean. Many of the over 100 extant diatom species in the cosmopolitan genus Thalassiosira are difficult to distinguish in mixed populations using light microscopy. Here we examine shifts in Th...

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Main Authors: Phoebe Dreux Chappell, LeAnn eWhitney, Traci L Haddock, Susanne eMenden-Deuer, Eric G Roy, Mark eWells, Bethany D Jenkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00273/full