The finding that total viral abundance is higher than total prokaryotic abundance and that a
significant fraction of the prokaryotic community is infected with phages in aquatic systems …

Viruses can influence the genetic diversity of prokaryotes in various ways. They can affect
the community composition of prokaryotes by 'killing the winner'and keeping in check …

The development of sensitive nucleic acid stains, in combination with flow cytometric
techniques, has allowed the identification and enumeration of viruses in aquatic systems …

Phytoplankton population dynamics are the result of imbalances between reproduction and
losses. Losses include grazing, sinking, and natural mortality. As the importance of microbes …

SUMMARY A trade-off between strategies maximizing growth and minimizing losses
appears to be a fundamental property of evolving biological entities existing in environments …

Viruses are abundant ubiquitous members of microbial communities and in the marine
environment affect population structure and nutrient cycling by infecting and lysing primary …

" I would strongly recommend it for library purchase and the reading list of advanced
students in this field."—Microbiology Today, May 2009 Nearly a decade since its landmark …

Increasing concerns have accelerated the development of international regulations and
methods for ballast water management to limit the introduction of non-indigenous species …

Phytoplankton evolved in the Archaean oceans more than 2.8 billion years ago and are of
crucial importance in regulating aquatic food webs, biogeochemical cycles and the Earth's …

Temporal dynamics of the microbial food web in the Barents Sea and adjacent water
masses in the European Arctic are to a large extent unknown. Seasonal variation in stocks …