title: Deep-sea ecology: infectious impact on ecosystem function.
abstract: Deep seas cover more than half the planet and depend due to their lack of light on inflow of nutrients from above. Viruses play a critical role for the trophic supply of the deep-sea environments.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. abrandt@uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D044822:Biodiversity; D018533:Biomass; D017753:Ecosystem; D020387:Food Chain; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000254:growth & development*; D008242:Lysogeny; D008386:Marine Biology; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000378:metabolism; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals