Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients.
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Johnson, ZI; Zinser, ER; Coe, A; McNulty, NP; Woodward, EMS; Chisholm, SW
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
March 2006
Prochlorococcus is the numerically dominant phytoplankter in the oligotrophic oceans, accounting for up to half of the photosynthetic biomass and production in some regions. Here, we describe how the abundance of six known ecotypes, which have small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences that differ by less than 3%, changed along local and basin-wide environmental gradients in the Atlantic Ocean. Temperature was significantly correlated with shifts in ecotype abundance, and laboratory experiments confirmed different temperature optima and tolerance ranges for cultured strains. Light, nutrients, and competitor abundances also appeared to play a role in shaping different distributions.
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1095-9203
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0036-8075
Publication Date
March 2006
Volume
311
Issue
5768
Start / End Page
1737 / 1740
Related Subject Headings
- Temperature
- Seawater
- Ribotyping
- Regression Analysis
- Prochlorococcus
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Phylogeny
- Nitrates
- Light
- Genes, rRNA
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Johnson, Z. I., Zinser, E. R., Coe, A., McNulty, N. P., Woodward, E. M. S., & Chisholm, S. W. (2006). Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients. Science (New York, N.Y.), 311(5768), 1737–1740. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1118052
Johnson, Zackary I., Erik R. Zinser, Allison Coe, Nathan P. McNulty, E Malcolm S. Woodward, and Sallie W. Chisholm. “Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 311, no. 5768 (March 2006): 1737–40. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1118052.
Johnson ZI, Zinser ER, Coe A, McNulty NP, Woodward EMS, Chisholm SW. Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients. Science (New York, NY). 2006 Mar;311(5768):1737–40.
Johnson, Zackary I., et al. “Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 311, no. 5768, Mar. 2006, pp. 1737–40. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.1118052.
Johnson ZI, Zinser ER, Coe A, McNulty NP, Woodward EMS, Chisholm SW. Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients. Science (New York, NY). 2006 Mar;311(5768):1737–1740.
Published In
Science (New York, N.Y.)
DOI
EISSN
1095-9203
ISSN
0036-8075
Publication Date
March 2006
Volume
311
Issue
5768
Start / End Page
1737 / 1740
Related Subject Headings
- Temperature
- Seawater
- Ribotyping
- Regression Analysis
- Prochlorococcus
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Phylogeny
- Nitrates
- Light
- Genes, rRNA