Experimental test of bacteria-phytoplankton coupling in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Duarte, Carlos M., Agustí, Susana, Vaqué, Dolors, Agawin, Nona S. R., Felipe, Jordi, Casamayor, Emilio O., Gasol, Josep M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2005
• Subjects: Livingston Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/86515; https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.1844

A set of eight large (20 m3) mesocosms were moored in Johnson's Dock (62°39.576'S, 60°22.408'W, Livingston Island, Antarctica) to experimentally generate a gradient of phytoplankton biomass and production in order to test the extent of coupling between bacteria (heterotrophic Bacteria...