Methane-derived carbonate build-ups and associated microbial communities at cold seeps on the lower Crimean shelf (Black Sea)

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Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 66-79

  Reitner, Joachim ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^b   Reimer, Andreas ^a   Schumann, Gabriela ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM); Archaea; Black Sea; Carbonates; Cold seeps; FISH; Magnetotactic bacteria

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BLACK SEA; CRIMEA SHELF; EURASIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 29944444282     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0059-4     Document Type: Article

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