Environmental control on anaerobic oxidation of methane in the gassy sediments of Eckernförde Bay (German Baltic)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1771-1786

  Treude, Tina ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b   Boetius, Antje ^a,c   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ECKERNFORDE BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 24644449469     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.1771     Document Type: Article

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