Quantification of Viral and Prokaryotic Production Rates in Benthic Ecosystems: A Methods Comparison

Viruses profoundly influence benthic marine ecosystems by infecting and subsequently killing their prokaryotic hosts, thereby impacting the cycling of carbon and nutrients. Previously conducted studies, based on different methodologies, have provided widely differing estimates of the relevance of vi...

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Main Authors: Rastelli, Eugenio, Dell’Anno, Antonio, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Middelboe, Mathias, Noble, Rachel T., Danovaro, Roberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5032637/