The global ocean genome (the pool of genes in marine organisms and the functional
information they encode) is a major, untapped resource for science and society with a …

One of the most prominent manifestations of climate change is the changing Arctic sea-ice
regime with a reduction in the summer sea-ice extent and a shift from thicker, perennial …

DNA is the most elemental level of biodiversity, drives the process of speciation, and
underpins other levels of biodiversity, including functional traits, species and ecosystems …

Background Metagenomics is an expanding field within microbial ecology, microbiology,
and related disciplines. The number of metagenomes deposited in major public repositories …

Rapid and sustained coastal development, land reclamation, and intense use of
surrounding waters by shipping, have changed the original land-and seascape of Singapore …

Highlights•Insight into the ocean's microbial components can enhance ecosystem
assessments.•Microbial dynamics can now join year-round marine physics and chemistry …

Studying taxonomic and ecological diversity of phytoplankton assemblages is often difficult
because morphological analysis cannot provide a complete description of their composition …

Marine phytoplankton are believed to account for more than 45% of photosynthetic net
primary production on Earth, and hence are at the base of marine food webs and have an …

Abstract The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is a 2,600,000 km2 expanse in the Indian Ocean upon
which many humans rely. However, the primary producers underpinning food chains here …

Singapore, an equatorial island in South East Asia, is influenced by a bi-annual reversal of
wind directions which defines two monsoon seasons. We characterized the dynamics of the …