A Holistic Approach to Marine Eco-Systems Biology

2011/10/18 by Eric Karsenti, Silvia G. Acinas, Peer Bork +24 · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Marine Biology and Ecology Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001177

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Abstract

The structure, robustness, and dynamics of ocean plankton ecosystems remain poorly understood due to sampling, analysis, and computational limitations. The Tara Oceans consortium organizes expeditions to help fill this gap at the global level.

Citations

• The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles
• The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific
• Primary Production of the Biosphere: Integrating Terrestrial and Oceanic Components

Cited by

• Phytoplankton in theTaraOcean
• Exploration of marine phytoplankton: from their historical appreciation to the omics era
• Plankton [wikipedia]