The ecology and distribution of benthic foraminifera at the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (SW Barents Sea slope)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1336-1370

  Wollenburg, J E ^a   Mackensen, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Barents Sea continental slope; Foraminifera; Methane; Mud volcano; Oxygen depletion; Seepages

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MATS; BARENTS SEA; BARENTS SEA CONTINENTAL SLOPE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FORAMINIFERA; GAS SEEPAGE; GREENLAND SEA; MUD VOLCANO; OXIC WATERS; OXYGEN DEPLETION; REFERENCE SITES; ROSE BENGAL; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER DEPTH;

BACTERIOLOGY; METHANE; ONLINE SEARCHING; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE;

VOLCANOES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MICROBIAL MAT; MUD VOLCANO; RARITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TESTING METHOD; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND SEA; HAKON MOSBY MUD VOLCANO; NORWEGIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOLIVINA PSEUDOPUNCTATA; CASSIDULINA NEOTERETIS; CASSIDULINA RENIFORME; FORAMINIFERA; LOBATULA LOBATULA; REOPHAX GUTTIFER; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 67649977555     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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