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Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

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  • Lionel Guidi

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique
    University of Hawaii)

  • Samuel Chaffron

    (Rega Institute, KU Leuven
    Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Lucie Bittner

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Evolution Paris Seine
    Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS UMR 8197, INSERM U1024
    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff)

  • Damien Eveillard

    (LINA UMR 6241, Université de Nantes, EMN, CNRS)

  • Abdelhalim Larhlimi

    (LINA UMR 6241, Université de Nantes, EMN, CNRS)

  • Simon Roux

    (University of Arizona
    † Present addresses: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (S.R., J.R.B.); Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio Sate University, Colombus, Ohio 43210, USA (M.B.S.); Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France (L.B.); Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India (S.M.).)

  • Youssef Darzi

    (Rega Institute, KU Leuven
    Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB)

  • Stephane Audic

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff)

  • Léo Berline

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique
    † Present addresses: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (S.R., J.R.B.); Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio Sate University, Colombus, Ohio 43210, USA (M.B.S.); Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France (L.B.); Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India (S.M.).)

  • Jennifer R. Brum

    (University of Arizona
    † Present addresses: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (S.R., J.R.B.); Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio Sate University, Colombus, Ohio 43210, USA (M.B.S.); Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France (L.B.); Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India (S.M.).)

  • Luis Pedro Coelho

    (Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1)

  • Julio Cesar Ignacio Espinoza

    (University of Arizona)

  • Shruti Malviya

    (Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS UMR 8197, INSERM U1024
    † Present addresses: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (S.R., J.R.B.); Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio Sate University, Colombus, Ohio 43210, USA (M.B.S.); Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France (L.B.); Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India (S.M.).)

  • Shinichi Sunagawa

    (Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1)

  • Céline Dimier

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff)

  • Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

    (Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1
    Directors’ Research European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1)

  • Marc Picheral

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique)

  • Julie Poulain

    (CEA - Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux)

  • Sarah Searson

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique
    University of Hawaii)

  • Lars Stemmann

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique)

  • Fabrice Not

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff)

  • Pascal Hingamp

    (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IGS, UMR 7256)

  • Sabrina Speich

    (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond)

  • Mick Follows

    (Dept of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge)

  • Lee Karp-Boss

    (School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine)

  • Emmanuel Boss

    (School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine)

  • Hiroyuki Ogata

    (Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho)

  • Stephane Pesant

    (PANGAEA, Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science, University of Bremen
    MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen)

  • Jean Weissenbach

    (CEA - Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux
    CNRS, UMR 8030
    Université d’Evry, UMR 8030)

  • Patrick Wincker

    (CEA - Institut de Génomique, GENOSCOPE, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux
    CNRS, UMR 8030
    Université d’Evry, UMR 8030)

  • Silvia G. Acinas

    (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM)-CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49)

  • Peer Bork

    (Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1
    Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine)

  • Colomban de Vargas

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff)

  • Daniele Iudicone

    (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale)

  • Matthew B. Sullivan

    (University of Arizona
    † Present addresses: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (S.R., J.R.B.); Department of Microbiology, and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio Sate University, Colombus, Ohio 43210, USA (M.B.S.); Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France (L.B.); Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India (S.M.).)

  • Jeroen Raes

    (Rega Institute, KU Leuven
    Center for the Biology of Disease, VIB
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

  • Eric Karsenti

    (Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS UMR 8197, INSERM U1024
    Directors’ Research European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1)

  • Chris Bowler

    (Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS UMR 8197, INSERM U1024)

  • Gabriel Gorsky

    (Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique)

Abstract

The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO2 is transformed to organic carbon via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep ocean. While the intensity of the pump correlates with plankton community composition, the underlying ecosystem structure driving the process remains largely uncharacterized. Here we use environmental and metagenomic data gathered during the Tara Oceans expedition to improve our understanding of carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean. We show that specific plankton communities, from the surface and deep chlorophyll maximum, correlate with carbon export at 150 m and highlight unexpected taxa such as Radiolaria and alveolate parasites, as well as Synechococcus and their phages, as lineages most strongly associated with carbon export in the subtropical, nutrient-depleted, oligotrophic ocean. Additionally, we show that the relative abundance of a few bacterial and viral genes can predict a significant fraction of the variability in carbon export in these regions.

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  • Lionel Guidi & Samuel Chaffron & Lucie Bittner & Damien Eveillard & Abdelhalim Larhlimi & Simon Roux & Youssef Darzi & Stephane Audic & Léo Berline & Jennifer R. Brum & Luis Pedro Coelho & Julio Cesar, 2016. "Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7600), pages 465-470, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7600:d:10.1038_nature16942
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16942
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