Fatty acids have been used as qualitative markers to trace or confirm predator prey
relationships in the marine environment for more than thirty years. More recently, they have …

Culture-dependent and-independent studies have found that prokaryotic assemblages are
quite diverse in aquatic habitats and contain representatives of virtually all of the roughly 40 …

Predation in aquatic microbial food webs is dominated by phagotrophic protists, yet these
microorganisms are still understudied compared to bacteria and phytoplankton. In pelagic …

The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide
a valuable source of food to billions of people. Yet despite its fundamental impact on our …

Shifts in bacterioplankton community composition along the salinity gradient of the Parker
River estuary and Plum Island Sound, in northeastern Massachusetts, were related to …

Microbial ecology is the study of interactions among microbes in natural environments and
their roles in biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics, and the evolution of life. Microbes …

Predation is a major mortality factor of planktonic bacteria and an important sha** force for
the phenotypic and taxonomic structure of bacterial communities. In this paper we:(1) …

Characterizing ecological relationships between viruses, bacteria and protists in the ocean
are critical to understanding ecosystem function, yet these relationships are infrequently …

" I would strongly recommend it for library purchase and the reading list of advanced
students in this field."—Microbiology Today, May 2009 Nearly a decade since its landmark …

Global-scale planktonic ecosystem models exhibit large differences in simulated net primary
production (NPP) and assessment of planktonic food web fluxes beyond primary producers …