TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling plankton ecosystems in the meta-omics era. Are we ready?
AU - Stec, Krzysztof Franciszek
AU - Caputi, Luigi
AU - Buttigieg, Pier Luigi
AU - D'Alelio, Domenico
AU - Ibarbalz, Federico Matias
AU - Sullivan, Matthew B.
AU - Chaffron, Samuel
AU - Bowler, Chris
AU - Ribera d'Alcalà, Maurizio
AU - Iudicone, Daniele
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Recent progress in applying meta-omics approaches to the study of marine ecosystems potentially allows scientists to study the genetic and functional diversity of plankton at an unprecedented depth and with enhanced precision. However, while a range of persistent technical issues still need to be resolved, a much greater obstacle currently preventing a complete and integrated view of the marine ecosystem is the absence of a clear conceptual framework. Herein, we discuss the knowledge that has thus far been derived from conceptual and statistical modelling of marine plankton ecosystems, and illustrate the potential power of integrated meta-omics approaches in the field. We then propose the use of a semantic framework is necessary to support integrative ecological modelling in the meta-omics era, particularly when having to face the increased interdisciplinarity needed to address global issues related to climate change.
AB - Recent progress in applying meta-omics approaches to the study of marine ecosystems potentially allows scientists to study the genetic and functional diversity of plankton at an unprecedented depth and with enhanced precision. However, while a range of persistent technical issues still need to be resolved, a much greater obstacle currently preventing a complete and integrated view of the marine ecosystem is the absence of a clear conceptual framework. Herein, we discuss the knowledge that has thus far been derived from conceptual and statistical modelling of marine plankton ecosystems, and illustrate the potential power of integrated meta-omics approaches in the field. We then propose the use of a semantic framework is necessary to support integrative ecological modelling in the meta-omics era, particularly when having to face the increased interdisciplinarity needed to address global issues related to climate change.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.margen.2017.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.margen.2017.02.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28283424
AN - SCOPUS:85014591929
SN - 1874-7787
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Marine Genomics
JF - Marine Genomics
ER -