Sentences with phrase «ocean microbial biodiversity»
«The results represent a one thousand-fold increase in data over previous attempts to characterize ocean microbial biodiversity,» said a senior author on one of the papers, Peer Bork, during a teleconference for reporters on 19 May, «and yet, this is still the tip of the iceberg.»
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To address the knowledge gap about the globally - relevant ecosystem process of nutrient uptake, researchers worked to identify how different levels of microbial biodiversity influenced in situ phosphorus uptake in the Western Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean.
«Oxygen minimum zones play key roles in ocean biogeochemistry and are an important repository of microbial animal biodiversity,» she said.
For example, if more methane remains tied up in the ocean depths, the microbial buffet will contribute more seriously to oxygen depletion, and a corresponding loss of biodiversity.