Spatial patterns of bacterial signature biomarkers in marine sediments of the Gulf of Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 238, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 168-179

  Li, Yi Liang ^a,b   Peacock, Aaron D ^b   White, David C ^b   Geyer, Roland ^b,c   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UFZ Leipzig Halle ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Gas hydrate; Gulf of Mexico; Multivariate statistics; Phospholipid fatty acids; Respiratory quinones; Trans cis ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CORE ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA;

EID: 33847629700     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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