Assessing Viral Abundance and Community Composition in Four Contrasting Regions of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Life
• Main Authors: Ana Sotomayor-Garcia, Maria Montserrat Sala, Isabel Ferrera, Marta Estrada, Evaristo Vázquez-Domínguez, Mikhail Emelianov, Pau Cortés, Cèlia Marrasé, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Sdena Nunes, Yaiza M. Castillo, Maria Serrano Cuerva, Marta Sebastián, Manuel Dall’Osto, Rafel Simó, Dolors Vaqué
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: viral abundance; viral community composition; prokaryotes; phytoplankton; environmental variables; secondary metabolic compounds; Science; Q; Southern Ocean; South Orkney Islands; South Georgia Island; Anvers; Anvers Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/life10070107; https://doaj.org/article/5835053eff274d0a88c5338c6532e440

We explored how changes of viral abundance and community composition among four contrasting regions in the Southern Ocean relied on physicochemical and microbiological traits. During January–February 2015, we visited areas north and south of the South Orkney Islands (NSO and SSO) characterized by lo...