Long-range transport of airborne microbes over the global tropical and subtropical ocean

The extent to which the ocean acts as a sink and source of airborne particles to the atmosphere is unresolved. Here, the authors report high microbial loads over the tropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and propose islands as stepping stones for the transoceanic transport of terrestrial micr...

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Auteurs principaux: Eva Mayol, Jesús M. Arrieta, Maria A. Jiménez, Adrián Martínez-Asensio, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Jordi Dachs, Belén González-Gaya, Sarah-J. Royer, Verónica M. Benítez-Barrios, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez, Carlos M. Duarte
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/9fa0da11d2e34ec28126a6afe2c88b3d
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Résumé:The extent to which the ocean acts as a sink and source of airborne particles to the atmosphere is unresolved. Here, the authors report high microbial loads over the tropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and propose islands as stepping stones for the transoceanic transport of terrestrial microbes..