Emergent Biogeography of Microbial Communities in a Model Ocean

作者：Michael J. Follows, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Scott Grant, Sallie W. Chisholm · 发表于：Science · 年份：2007 · DOI：10.1126/science.1138544 · 被引用次数：921 · 研究领域：Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology、Marine and coastal ecosystems、Marine Biology and Ecology Research

A marine ecosystem model seeded with many phytoplankton types, whose physiological traits were randomly assigned from ranges defined by field and laboratory data, generated an emergent community structure and biogeography consistent with observed global phytoplankton distributions. The modeled organisms included types analogous to the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Their emergent global distributions and physiological properties simultaneously correspond to observations. This flexible representation of community structure can be used to explore relations between ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and climate change.