Comparison of benthic foraminifera inside and outside a sulphur-oxidizing bacterial mat from the present oxygen-minimum zone off Pakistan (NE Arabian Sea)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 751-775

  Erbacher, Jochen ^a   Nelskamp, Susanne ^b  

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

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bacterial mats; Beggiatoa; Benthic foraminifera; Makran accretionary complex; OMZ; Thioploca

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

ARABIAN SEA; BACTERIAL MATS; BEGGIATOA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; OMZ; THIOPLOCA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT; SULFUR;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; BOLIVINA DILATATA; BOLIVINA PACIFICA; BULIMINELLA; BULIMINELLA TENUATA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA AFFINIS; THIOPLOCA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA; VIRGULINELLA FRAGILIS;

EID: 33646796658     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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