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Marine microorganisms and global nutrient cycles

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  • Kevin R. Arrigo

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The way that nutrients cycle through atmospheric, terrestrial, oceanic and associated biotic reservoirs can constrain rates of biological production and help structure ecosystems on land and in the sea. On a global scale, cycling of nutrients also affects the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Because of their capacity for rapid growth, marine microorganisms are a major component of global nutrient cycles. Understanding what controls their distributions and their diverse suite of nutrient transformations is a major challenge facing contemporary biological oceanographers. What is emerging is an appreciation of the previously unknown degree of complexity within the marine microbial community.

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  • Kevin R. Arrigo, 2005. "Marine microorganisms and global nutrient cycles," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7057), pages 349-355, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7057:d:10.1038_nature04159
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04159
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