title: [Modulating marine ecosystem by marine viruses--a review].
abstract: Marine viruses play great roles in the marine ecological system such as modulating the biodiversity and species population, regulating the nutrient cycling, intervening gene transfer and influencing climate changes. Recent research achievements on marine viruses were reviewed in this paper. We focused on the modulating role of marine viruses in marine ecosystem and discussed future research perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coast and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wh911024@xmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shijie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Wenwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Tianling
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D017753:Ecosystem; D005544:Forecasting; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D008386:Marine Biology; D012623:Seawater / Q000821:virology*; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena; D014780:Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014871:Water Microbiology