Diversity and distribution of heterotrophic flagellates in seawater of the Powell Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Chen, Zhiyi, He, Jianfeng, Cao, Shunan, Lu, Zhibo, Lan, Musheng, Zheng, Hongyuan, Luo, Guangfu, Zhang, Fang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2021
• Subjects: Heterotrophic picoflagellates; heterotrophic nanoflagellates; biodiversity; community structure; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Powell Basin; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/5389; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v40.5389

Heterotrophic flagellates are essential components of the marine microbial food web. However, how the changes in flagellate populations reflect environmental changes in marine ecosystems is still unclear, especially in polar regions. In this study, we used pyrosequencing to examine the community str...