Benthic oxygen uptake, hydrolytic potentials and microbial biomass at the Arctic continental slope

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 239-275

  Boetius, Antje ^a   Damm, Ellen ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic ocean; Benthic bacteria; Continental slope; Hydrolytic activity; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT;

LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0032004415     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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