Analysis of the Influence of Seasonal Water Column Dynamics on the Relationship between Marine Viruses and Microbial Food Web Components Using an Artificial Neural Network

Artificial neural network analysis (ANN) is used to study the seasonal distribution of viruses and microbial food web (MFW) components in open Adriatic Sea. The effect within MFW often overlooked, although play an important role community dynamics. results showed that strongest influence found nonlinear relationship between temperature. In addition, algorithm number viral populations P-limited sea varies by season according abundance their main hosts, HB. A strong positive HB was more than 50% observed data. Moreover, this confirmed association virus with autotrophic part picoplankton heterotrophic nanoflagellates. dynamics four resulting clusters, characterized biological environmental parameters, described as a cyclic pattern water layer above thermocline. Neural gas has been shown be excellent tool for describing changes Adriatic.