Rotifers colonising sediments with shallow gas hydrates

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Sommer, Stefan ^a   Gutzmann, Erik ^a   Ahlrichs, Wilko ^b   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE; WATER;

GAS HYDRATE; METAZOAN; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FEMALE; GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OXIDATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; ROTIFERA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROTIFERA; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; ROTIFERA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0038346235     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0423-6     Document Type: Article

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