The life of diatoms in the world's oceans
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Marine diatoms rose to prominence about 100 million years ago and today generate most of the organic matter that serves as food for life in the sea. They exist in a dilute world where compounds essential for growth are recycled and shared, and they greatly influence global climate, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and marine ecosystem function. How these essential organisms will respond to the rapidly changing conditions in today's oceans is critical for the health of the environment and is being uncovered by studies of their genomes.
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- Authors
- Armbrust, E. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
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- Armbrust, E. Virginia
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- Nature
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- 2009-05
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- 459
- Issue
- 7244
- Pages
- 185-192
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- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
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- National Science Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Diatoms and Algae Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Keywords
- marine diatoms, ocean carbon cycle, climate change, atmospheric CO2, nutrient cycling, diatom genome, phytoplankton, ocean acidification
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Carbon Dioxide, Biological Evolution, Glass, Humans, Iron, Marine Biology, Diatoms, Ecosystem, Food Chain
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