16S rRNA Gene Based Microbial Community Composition Analysis and Productivity Patterns in a Transect From the Humboldt Current System to Islands of the South Pacific Gyre

Lisa Nigro1, Klaudia Hernandez2, Beatriz Yannicelli3, Nelson Silva4 and Wade H Jeffrey1, (1)University of West Florida, Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, Pensacola, FL, United States, (2)Universidad Andres Bello, Departamento de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Viña del Mar, Chile, (3)Universidad Católica del Norte, Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile, (4)Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile