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In this Analysis, Kirchman and colleagues compare microbial processes in the western Arctic Ocean and other polar waters with low-latitude oceans to attempt to understand the role of heterotrophic bacteria in oceanic biogeochemical cycles. This may further our understanding of the changes that could occur as these waters warm.
