The authors also observed an important trend along this transect: a switch from net autotrophy (i.e., high CO 2 -fixation) in the STF to heterotrophy (i.e., high nitrification rates and degradation of organic matter) when light availability is reduced during the winter months in the SO 18 (more information under the subheading H3 and H4—Energy production and Degradation).
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Metabolic pathways inferred from a bacterial marker gene illuminate ecological changes across South Pacific frontal boundaries.
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