Modulating marine ecosystem by marine viruses-A review
海洋病毒——海洋生态系统结构与功能的重要调控者

Abstract: Marine viruses play great roles in the marine ecological system such as modulating the biodiversity and species population, regulating the nutrient cycling, intervening gene transfer and influencing climate changes. Recent research achievements on marine viruses were reviewed in this paper. We focused on the modulating role of marine viruses in marine ecosystem and discussed future research perspectives.