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Metagenomic analysis reveals global-scale patterns of ocean nutrient limitation

Published:2021-04-16 Issue:6539 Volume:372 Page:287-291
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Ustick Lucas J.¹^ORCID,Larkin Alyse A.²^ORCID,Garcia Catherine A.²^ORCID,Garcia Nathan S.²^ORCID,Brock Melissa L.¹^ORCID,Lee Jenna A.²^ORCID,Wiseman Nicola A.²^ORCID,Moore J. Keith²^ORCID,Martiny Adam C.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

2. Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

Abstract

Genomes reveal nutrient stress patterns Within the surface ocean, nitrogen, iron, and phosphorous can all be limiting nutrients for phytoplankton depending on location. Ustick et al. used the prevalence of Prochlorococcus genes involved in nutrient acquisition to develop maps of inferred nutrient stress across the global ocean (see the Perspective by Coleman). They found broad patterns of limitation consistent with an Earth system model and nutrient addition experiments. Leveraging metagenomic data in this manner is an appealing approach that will help to expand our understanding of the biogeochemistry in the vast open ocean. Science , this issue p. 287 ; see also p. 239

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Energy

Natural Environment Research Council

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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