authority: goos
slug: microbe-biomass-and-diversity
name: Microbe Biomass and Diversity
domain: ocean
subdomain: biology-ecosystems
authority_id: goos:microbe-biomass-and-diversity
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/A05/current/EV_Microbes/
  cf_standard_name: null
  gcos_overlap: null
canonical_units: cells mL-1
description: |
  Biomass, abundance, and genomic diversity of marine bacteria, archaea,
  and viruses. Drive biogeochemical cycling and the microbial loop;
  emerging EOV with rapid methodological advances in eDNA and omics.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/microbe-biomass-and-diversity/