Loss rates and loss processes for viruses in coastal seawater from the Gulf of Mexico were
estimated with three different marine bacteriophages. Decay rates in the absence of sunlight …

Recent evidence suggests that viruses play an influential role within the marine microbial
food web. To understand this role, it is important to determine rates and mechanisms of virus …

The short term dynamics of virus abundance in coastal sea water was investigated by
frequent sampling of open ecosystems and of water incubated in bottles in situ. Sampling …

The mechanisms controlling virus inactivation in coastal waters are discussed. Chemical
and biological processes appear to be important but a purely thermal mechanism is …

The quantitative significance of aquatic viruses in coastal and in lake water was
investigated. The number of viruses in marine surface waters was found to change on a …

Pelagic marine viruses have been shown to cause significant mortality of heterotrophic
bacteria, cyanobacteria, and phytoplankton. It was previously demonstrated, in nearshore …

Viruses were recognized as the causative agents of fish diseases, such as infectious
pancreatic necrosis and Oregon sockeye disease, in the early 1960s [1], and have since …

It has recently been suggested that the majority of virus production in seawater is through
lysogen induction. Here, we examine the mechanism of virus production in coastal surface …

We investigated the in situ destruction rates of marine viral particles as well as the decay
rates of infectivity for viral isolates along an~ 400‐km transect from oligotrophic offshore …

To understand the roles of marine viruses in marine microbial food webs, it is important to
determine rates and mechanisms of virus degradation and subsequent uptake of degraded …