Microbial plankton configuration in the epipelagic realm from the Beagle Channel to the Burdwood Bank, a Marine Protected Area in Sub-Antarctic waters

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Guinder, Valeria Ana, Malits, Andrea, Ferronato, Carola, Krock, Bernd, Garzon Cardona, John Edison, Martínez, Ana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Microbial diversity; funcional groups; Beagle Channel; Namuncurá Marine Protected Area; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; North Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/141291

Marine microbial plankton hold high structural and functional diversity, however, highresolution data are lacking in a large part of the Global Ocean, such as in subpolar areas of the SW Atlantic. The Burdwood Bank (BB) is a submerged plateau (average depth 100 m) that constitutes the westernmost se...