Here you can see a number of bacteria and archaea that appear more abundant in the Alaska Coastal Current, which runs near shore. These organisms were probably up brought from farther south and may include more terrestrial-associated organisms.
Microbial Distributions
Image courtesy of the Mapping the Uncharted Diversity of Arctic Marine Microbes expedition. Download larger version (jpg, 462 KB).

Here you can see a number of bacteria and archaea that appear more abundant in the Alaska Coastal Current, which runs near shore. These organisms were probably up brought from farther south and may include more terrestrial-associated organisms.

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