PRJNA679029
Prokaryotic diversity in the Southern Ocean (Kerguelen Region)
The present study was carried out as part of the project MOBYDICK (Marine Ecosystem Biodiversity and Dynamics of Carbon around Kerguelen: an integrated view) that aimed to provide a detailed picture of the diversity and role in the carbon cycling of biological communities of end-to-end food webs in contrasting nutrient regimes in the Southern Ocean. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the composition of the total (DNA) and potentially active (RNA) free-living and particle-attached prokaryotic communities in the upper 300m water column at 4 sites characterized by contrasting seasonal productivity regimes.