Particle remineralization and disaggregation, along with microbial growth and attachment, shape the diversity of microbial communities on mesopelagic marine snow

Jacob Adrian Cram, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, United States, Joshua Stone, University of South Carolina, Biological Sciences, Columbia, United States, Michael Gonsior, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, United States and Joshua Stone; University of South Carolina