In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1315-1331

  De Beer, Dirk ^a   Sauter, Eberhard ^b   Niemann, Helge ^a   Kaul, Norbert ^c   Foucher, Jean Paul ^d   Witte, Ursula ^a   Schlüter, Michael ^b   Boetius, Antje ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; HABITAT TYPE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOTYPE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; HAKON MOSBY MUD VOLCANO; NORWEGIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; POGONOPHORA (PROTOSTOME);

EID: 33646191090     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1315     Document Type: Article

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