ARE VIRUSES IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN PELAGIC FOOD WEBS

Authors
THINGSTAD TF HELDAL M BRATBAK G DUNDAS I
Citation
Tf. Thingstad et al., ARE VIRUSES IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN PELAGIC FOOD WEBS, Trends in ecology & evolution, 8(6), 1993, pp. 209-213
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology
Journal title
Trends in ecology & evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
01695347
Volume
8
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
209 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-5347(1993)8:6<209:AVIPIP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Viruses have been assumed to play a rather negligible role as partners in microbial food web dynamics. However, recent discoveries suggest t hat the rate of virally induced lysis of marine microbial populations may be significant. This, in turn, may have important consequences for the developing conceptual framework of the microbial food web.