University of Groningen The role of viruses in marine phytoplankton mortality Baudoux, Anne-Claire IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2007 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Baudoux, A-C. (2007). The role of viruses in marine phytoplankton mortality s.n. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date: 18-07-2017 The role of viruses in marine phytoplankton mortality The work presented in this thesis was carried out at the Department of Biological Oceanography of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). Financial support was provided by the NWO-ALW and the Treilles Foundation. Cover design: Anne-Claire Baudoux Printed by : Printon Trükikoda AS RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN The role of viruses in marine phytoplankton mortality Proefschrift ter verkrijging van het doctoraat in de Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op gezag van de Rector Magnificus, dr. F. Zwarts, in het openbaar te verdedigen op vrijdag 12 oktober 2007 om 14.45 uur door Anne-Claire Baudoux geboren op 28 oktober 1977 te Amiens, Frankrijk Promotor: Prof. dr. G. J. Herndl Copromotor: Dr. C. P. D. Brussaard Beoordelingscommissie: Prof. dr. ir. H. J. W. de Baar Prof. dr. G. Bratbak Prof. dr. H. J. Laanbroek ISBN: 978-90-367-3148-5 To Yann and to my parents, brother, and sisters. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Virally induced mortality of Phaeocystis globosa during two spring blooms in temperate coastal waters Published in Aquatic Microbial Ecology (2006) 44: 207 – 217 31 Characterization of different viruses infecting the marine harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa Published in Virology (2005) 341: 80 – 90 51 Viruses as mortality agents of picophytoplankton in the deep chlorophyll maximum layer during IRONAGES III Accepted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography 71 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Phytoplankton losses in the North Sea during summer 2003 To be submitted to Aquatic Microbial Ecology Chapter 6 Influence of irradiance on virus-algal host interactions Submitted to Journal of Phycology 9 91 115 Synthesis 131 Summary / Samenvatting 137 Acknowledgments 147