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Viruses in Antarctic ecosystems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2003

DAVID A. PEARCE  and
WILLIAM H. WILSON
DAVID A. PEARCE
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK, [email protected]
WILLIAM H. WILSON
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
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Abstract

This review seeks to highlight the potential importance of viruses in Antarctic ecosystems and describe the limited scope of Antarctic virus studies to date, including studies of marine, terrestrial and freshwater communities. Although much of the existing work focuses on the microbial community, there are also studies of virus infection in Antarctic animal and plant populations. We describe methodologies available for the study of viral ecology in the field and in calling for a more intensive research effort discuss how microbial ecology might benefit from the study of viruses in Antarctic ecosystems.

Keywords

bacterioplanktonbiodiversitycommunity structurevirioplanktonvirus
Type
Review
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 319 - 331
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 2003

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