Energy in the dark: Fuel for life in the deep ocean and beyond

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Bach, Wolfgang ^a   Edwards, Katrina J ^b   Hayes, John M ^b   Sievert, Stefan M ^b   Huber, Julie A ^c   Sogin, Mitchell L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34147161732     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006eo070002     Document Type: Article

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