Molecular isotopic tracing of carbon flow and trophic relationships in a methane-supported benthic microbial community

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1694-1701

  Werne, Josef P ^a,b   Baas, M ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLD SEEP; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

(EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BELEMNOIDEA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036866993     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1694     Document Type: Article

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