Life at the edge of methane ice: Microbial cycling of carbon and sulfur in Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates

Chemical Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 239-251

  Orcutt, Beth N ^a   Boetius, Antje ^b,c,d   Lugo, Samantha K ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^e   Samarkin, Vladimir A ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^f Hanse Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Gas hydrates; Gulf of Mexico; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SULFATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 2142705248     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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