"Pacific Ocean" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Body of water between Asia and South America, extending from the Arctic circle to the Equator and from the Equator to the Antarctic.
| Descriptor ID |
D010140
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.756.700
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pacific Ocean" by people in Profiles.
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A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata). Zootaxa. 2026 05 25; 5814(4):533-549.
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Ecological and genomic signatures of the convergent evolution of planktivory in fossil and living reef fishes over deep time. Nat Commun. 2026 May 22; 17(1).
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A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts. Sci Data. 2025 12 04; 12(1):1913.
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Colonization Dynamics Explain the Decoupling of Species Richness and Morphological Disparity in Syngnatharian Fishes across Oceans. Am Nat. 2025 Mar; 205(3):E80-E99.
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Bacteria on the foundational kelp in kelp forest ecosystems: Insights from culturing, whole genome sequencing and metabolic assays. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2024 06; 16(3):e13270.
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Nitrogen-fixing populations of Planctomycetes and Proteobacteria are abundant in surface ocean metagenomes. Nat Microbiol. 2018 07; 3(7):804-813.
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Unifying latitudinal gradients in range size and richness across marine and terrestrial systems. Proc Biol Sci. 2016 05 11; 283(1830).
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Metagenomes from two microbial consortia associated with Santa Barbara seep oil. Mar Genomics. 2014 Dec; 18 Pt B:97-9.
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Historical comparisons reveal altered competitive interactions in a guild of crustose coralline algae. Ecol Lett. 2014 Apr; 17(4):475-83.
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Rapid, climate-driven changes in outlet glaciers on the Pacific coast of East Antarctica. Nature. 2013 Aug 29; 500(7464):563-6.