Abstract
By using data collected during a continuous circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere, we observed clear patterns in the population-genetic structure of Prochlorococcus , the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth, between and within the three Southern Subtropical Gyres. The same mechanisms that were previously invoked to account for the vertical distribution of ecotypes at local scales accounted for the global (horizontal) patterns we observed. Basin-scale and seasonal variations in the structure and strength of vertical stratification provide a basis for understanding large-scale horizontal distribution in genetic and physiological traits of Prochlorococcus , and perhaps of marine microbial communities in general.
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Bouman, H. A., Ulloa, O., Scanlan, D. J., Zwirglmaier, K., Li, W. K. W., Platt, T., Stuart, V., Barlow, R., Leth, O., Clementson, L., Lutz, V., Fukasawa, M., Watanabe, S., & Sathyendranath, S. (2006). Oceanographic Basis of the Global Surface Distribution of Prochlorococcus Ecotypes. Science, 312(5775), 918â921.
Authors
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- Heather A. Bouman (first)
- Osvaldo Ulloa (additional)
- David J. Scanlan (additional)
- Katrin Zwirglmaier (additional)
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- Vivian Lutz (additional)
- Masao Fukasawa (additional)
- Shuichi Watanabe (additional)
- Shubha Sathyendranath (additional)
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Created | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 11, 2006, 9:36 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 10:39 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 days, 16 hours ago (Aug. 31, 2025, 6:18 a.m.) |
Issued | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 12, 2006) |
Published | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 12, 2006) |
Published Print | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 12, 2006) |
@article{Bouman_2006, title={Oceanographic Basis of the Global Surface Distribution of Prochlorococcus Ecotypes}, volume={312}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1122692}, DOI={10.1126/science.1122692}, number={5775}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Bouman, Heather A. and Ulloa, Osvaldo and Scanlan, David J. and Zwirglmaier, Katrin and Li, William K. W. and Platt, Trevor and Stuart, Venetia and Barlow, Ray and Leth, Ole and Clementson, Lesley and Lutz, Vivian and Fukasawa, Masao and Watanabe, Shuichi and Sathyendranath, Shubha}, year={2006}, month=may, pages={918–921} }