Oceanic Protists

Oceanic Protists

Protists are microscopic eukaryotic microbes that are ubiquitous, diverse, and major participants in oceanic food webs and in marine biogeochemical cycles. The study and characterization of protists has a long and distinguished tradition. Even with this history, the extraordinary species diversity a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oceanography (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2007-06, Vol.20 (2), p.130-134
Hauptverfasser: SHERR, BARRY F., SHERR, EVELYN B., CARON, DAVID A., VAULOT, DANIEL, WORDEN, ALEXANDRA Z.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
A. WATER COLUMN
Aquatic communities
Ecological genetics
Marine
Marine ecosystems
Microbial ecology
Microbiology
Microorganisms
Oceans
Phytoplankton
Species
Species diversity
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Zusammenfassung:Protists are microscopic eukaryotic microbes that are ubiquitous, diverse, and major participants in oceanic food webs and in marine biogeochemical cycles. The study and characterization of protists has a long and distinguished tradition. Even with this history, the extraordinary species diversity and variety of interactions of protists in the sea are only now being fully appreciated. Figure 1 shows representative examples of marine protists, and of methods used to visualize these microbes.
ISSN:1042-8275
2377-617X
DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2007.57