Abundance, vertical distribution, and community structure of benthic prokaryotes from permanently cold marine sediments (Svalbard, Arctic Ocean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 1998, Pages 71-80

  Sahm, Kerstin ^a   Berninger, Ulrike G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Arctic Ocean; Benthic prokaryotes; Marine sediments; Prokaryotic activity; rRNA

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUBACTERIUM; HYBRIDIZATION; NORWAY; PROBE; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RRNA SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; SVALBARD; TROMSO;

ARCHAEA; EUBACTERIA;

EID: 0032493132     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps165071     Document Type: Article

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