Virus removal by glacier-derived suspended fine sediment in the Arctic

Viruses are a major source of mortality for phytoplankton and bacteria and are therefore seen as drivers of food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling in the marine pelagic environment. Previous studies have shown that aquatic viruses adsorb to suspended sediment, which theoretically decreases the mortality pressure on their microbial hosts. This process is of particular ecological importance in the Arctic, where coastal systems contain large...