title: Ecology. Seeing the big picture on microbe distribution.
authors.affiliation: Encyclopedia of Life, Biodiversity Informatics, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. dpatterson@eol.org
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D044822:Biodiversity; D017377:Diatoms; D017753:Ecosystem; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*