Metabolic function not microbial taxonomy determines ocean biogeochemical gradients in a gene based marine ecosystem model

Victoria Coles1, Michael R Stukel2, Mary Ann Moran3 and Raleigh R Hood1, (1)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States, (2)Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States