A conspicuous H2S-oxidizing microbial mat from a high-latitude Arctic fjord (Young Sound, NE Greenland)

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Glud, R N ^a   Rysgaard, S ^b   Fenchel, T ^a   Nielsen, P H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FJORD; MICROBIAL MAT; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; YOUNG SOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 3242699719     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1296-8     Document Type: Article

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