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Title: Nitrogen and Iron Availability Drive Metabolic Remodeling and Natural Selection of Diverse Phytoplankton during Experimental Upwelling

Journal Article · · mSystems
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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, California, USA, Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
  2. Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, USA, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University, Moss Landing, California, USA
  3. Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
  4. Department of Biology, American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
  5. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
  6. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
  7. Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Iron and nitrogen are the nutrients that most commonly limit phytoplankton growth in the world’s oceans. The utilization of these resources by phytoplankton sets the biomass available to marine systems and is of particular interest in high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) coastal fisheries.

Research Organization:
J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018344
OSTI ID:
1884599
Journal Information:
mSystems, Journal Name: mSystems Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 7; ISSN 2379-5077
Publisher:
American Society for MicrobiologyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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