Pathways of carbon oxidation in continental margin sediments off central Chile

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1629-1650

  Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Canfield, Donald E ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CHILE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030310502     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.8.1629     Document Type: Article

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