Chemoautotrophy in the redox transition zone of the Cariaco Basin: A significant midwater source of organic carbon production

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 148-163

  Taylor, Gordon T ^a   Iabichella, Maria ^a   Ho, Tung Yuan ^a   Scranton, Mary I ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^b   Muller Karger, Frank ^c   Varela, Ramon ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0035138967     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.1.0148     Document Type: Article

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