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Bacterioplankton; open ocean; phytoplankton; carbon; biogeochemistry; plankton
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The Bacterial Component Of The Oceanic Euphotic Zone, H. W. Ducklow
The Bacterial Component Of The Oceanic Euphotic Zone, H. W. Ducklow
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Bacteria in the open sea remote from land are sustained strictly on local sources of organic production which should make understanding their nutrition and growth regulation easier than in nearshore systems, estuaries and lakes. Until now, a paucity of data from geographically isolated oceanic sites prevented ready :interpretation. In the past decade investigation of bacterial properties in oceanic systems has increased rapidly, stimulated in part by large oceanographic programs like the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Here I review comprehensive investigations of bacterial biomass and production dynamics in the subarctic north Atlantic and north Pacific, oligotrophic gyres in both oceans, …