Factors influencing benthic bacterial abundance, biomass, and activity on the northern continental margin and deep basin of the Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 24-26, 2008, Pages 2597-2606

  Deming, Jody W ^a   Carpenter, Shelly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biomass; Gulf of Mexico; POC flux; Production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARABIAN SEAS; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCES; BACTERIAL BIOMASSES; C/N RATIOS; CELL SIZES; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; DATA SETS; DEEP BASINS; DEPTH PROFILES; DEPTH RANGES; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPIES; EXTENSIVE DATUMS; GULF OF MEXICO; IN SITU CONDITIONS; OPEN OCEANS; OXYGEN PENETRATIONS; PARTIAL CORRELATIONS; POC FLUX; POC FLUXES; PRODUCTION RATES; RATE MEASUREMENTS; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION RATES; STATION LOCATIONS; WATER DEPTHS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CORRELATION; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POREWATER; RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57049085695     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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