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Coles, V.J. ; Stukel, M.R. ; Brooks, M.T. ; Burd, A. ; Crump, B.C. ; Moran, M.A. ; Paul, J.H. ; Satinsky, B.M. ; Yager, P.L. ; Zielinski, B.L. ; Hood, R.R.
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Ocean biogeochemistry modeled with emergent trait-based genomics
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2017
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Science (New York, N.Y.)
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Science
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358
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6367
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1149-1154
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Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Post Office Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
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0036-8075
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PMID:29191900
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COAPS @ mfield @
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552
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Coles, V.J. ; Stukel, M.R. ; Brooks, M.T. ; Burd, A. ; Crump, B.C. ; Moran, M.A. ; Paul, J.H. ; Satinsky, B.M. ; Yager, P.L. ; Zielinski, B.L. ; Hood, R.R.
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Ocean biogeochemistry modeled with emergent trait-based genomics
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2017
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Science (New York, N.Y.)
Abbreviated Journal
Science
Volume
358
Issue
6367
Pages
1149-1154
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Atlantic Ocean ; Biochemical Phenomena/genetics ; Metabolic Networks and Pathways/*genetics ; Metagenome ; *Metagenomics ; Microbial Consortia/*genetics ; Models, Biological ; Seawater/*microbiology ; Transcriptome
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Marine ecosystem models have advanced to incorporate metabolic pathways discovered with genomic sequencing, but direct comparisons between models and “omics” data are lacking. We developed a model that directly simulates metagenomes and metatranscriptomes for comparison with observations. Model microbes were randomly assigned genes for specialized functions, and communities of 68 species were simulated in the Atlantic Ocean. Unfit organisms were replaced, and the model self-organized to develop community genomes and transcriptomes. Emergent communities from simulations that were initialized with different cohorts of randomly generated microbes all produced realistic vertical and horizontal ocean nutrient, genome, and transcriptome gradients. Thus, the library of gene functions available to the community, rather than the distribution of functions among specific organisms, drove community assembly and biogeochemical gradients in the model ocean.
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Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Post Office Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
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COAPS @ rl18 @
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989
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Conroy, B.J. ; Steinberg, D.K. ; Stukel, M.R. ; Goes, J.I. ; Coles, V.J.
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Meso- and microzooplankton grazing in the Amazon River plume and western tropical North Atlantic
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2016
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Limnology and Oceanography
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Limnol. Oceanogr.
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61
Issue
3
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825-840
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0024-3590
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COAPS @ mfield @
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74
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Shropshire, T. ; Morey, S. L. ; Chassignet, E. P. ; Bozec, A. ; Coles, V.J. ; Landry, M.R. ; Swalethorp, R. ; Zapfe, G. and Stukel, M.R.
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Quantifying spatiotemporal variability in zooplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico with a physical-biogeochemical model
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2019
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Zooplankton play an important role in global biogeochemistry and their secondary production supports valuable fisheries of the world's oceans. Currently, zooplankton abundances cannot be estimated using remote sensing techniques. Hence, coupled physical-biogeochemical models (PBMs) provide an important tool for studying zooplankton on regional and global scales. However, evaluating the accuracy of zooplankton abundance estimates from PBMs has been a major challenge as a result of sparse observations. In this study, we configure a PBM for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) from 1993�2012 and validate the model against an extensive combination of in situ biomass and rate measurements including total mesozooplankton biomass, size-fractionated mesozooplankton biomass and grazing rates, microzooplankton specific grazing rates, surface chlorophyll, deep chlorophyll maximum depth, phytoplankton specific growth rates, and net primary production. Spatial variability in mesozooplankton biomass climatology observed in a multi-decadal database for the northern GoM is well resolved by the model with a statistically significant (p < 0.01) correlation of 0.90. Mesozooplankton secondary production for the region averaged 66 + 8 mt C yr−1 equivalent to approximately 10 % of NPP and ranged from 51 to 82 mt C yr−1. In terms of diet, model results from the shelf regions suggest that herbivory is the dominant feeding mode for small mesozooplankton (< 1-mm) whereas larger mesozooplankton are primarily carnivorous. However, in open-ocean, oligotrophic regions, both groups of mesozooplankton have proportionally greater reliance on heterotrophic protists as a food source. This highlights the important role of microbial and protistan food webs in sustaining mesozooplankton biomass in the GoM which serves as the primary food source for early life stages of many commercially-important fish species, including tuna.
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COAPS @ user @
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