Response of benthic microbial communities to chitin enrichment: An in situ study in the deep Arctic Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Kanzog, Corinna ^a   Ramette, Alban ^b   Quéric, Nadia V ^a   Klages, Michael ^a  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; Deep sea sediments; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CHITIN; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58549101270     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0510-4     Document Type: Article

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