ocean science

Marine Viruses Plenary OCB2024

Plenary Session: Evolving understanding of viral dynamics in marine ecosystemsChairs: Jessica Labonté (TAMU-G, remote), Sheri Floge (Wake Forest Univ), Jeff Bowman (Scripps)Session introduction (Chairs)Viral presence and function in marine ecosystems (Kate Thompson, WFU and Jordan Walker, TAMU-G)  Who infects whom: identifying productive viruses by combining sequencing with abundance data (Cynthia Silveira, Univ. Miami)Quantifying the viral shunt in the North Atlantic Ocean…