Dataset: Bacteria
Deployment: WB0409

Methodology: (applies to entire data set)
Ewart, C.S., Meyers, M.K., Wallner, E., McGillicuddy, D.J., and Carlson, C.A. (2008). Microbial dynamics in cyclonic and anticylonic mode-water eddies in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 55: 1334-1347.

Bacterial abundance: 
Porter, K.G., Feig, Y.S., 1980. The use of DAPI for identifying and counting aquatic microflora. Limnology and Oceanography 25 (5), 943-948.

Campbell, L., 2001. Flow cytometric analysis of autotrophic picoplankton. In: Paul, J.H. (Ed.), Methods in Microbiology: Marine Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 317-341.

Marie, D., Partensky, F., Jacquet, S., Vaulot, D., 1997. Enumeration and cell cycle analysis of natural populations of marine picoplankton by flow cytometry using the nucleic acid stain SYBR Green I. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63 (1), 186-193.

Bacterial Production: 
Fuhrman, J.A., Azam, F., 1982. Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters: Evaluation and field results. Marine Biology 66, 109-120.

Smith, D.C., Azam, F., 1992. A simple, economical method for measuring bacterial protein synthesis rates in seawater using 3H-leucine. Marine Microbial Food Webs 6, 107-114.

Carbon Conversion factors: 
Caron, D.A., Dam, H.G., Kremer, P., Lessard, E.J., Madin, L.P., Malone, T.C., Napp, J.M., Peele, E.R., Roman, M.R., Youngbluth, M.J., 1995. The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. Deep-Sea Research 42 (6), 943-972.

Ducklow, H., 2000. Bacterial production and biomass in the ocean. In: Kirchman, D.L. (Ed.), Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. Wiley-Liss, Inc, New York, 85-120.