Monthly to interannual variability of microbial eukaryote assemblages at four depths in the eastern North Pacific.

ABSTRACT: The monthly, seasonal and interannual variability of microbial eukaryote assemblages were examined at 5 m, the deep chlorophyll maximum, 150 m and 500 m at the San Pedro Ocean Time-series station (eastern North Pacific). The depths spanned transitions in temperature, light, nutrients and oxygen, and included a persistently hypoxic environment at 500 m. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism was used for the analysis of 237 samples that were collected between September 2000 and December 2010. Spatiotemporal variability patterns of microeukaryote assemblages indicated the presence of distinct shallow and deep communities at the SPOT station, presumably reflecting taxa that were specifically adapted for the conditions in those environments. Community similarity values between assem

SUBMITTER: Kim DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3930315 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature