Deep-sea bacterial communities in sediments and guts of deposit-feeding holothurians in Portuguese canyons (NE Atlantic)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1834-1843

  Amaro, Teresa ^a,c   Witte, Harry ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,d   Cunha, Marina R ^a   Billett, David S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; DGGE; Holothurian; Molpadia musculus; NE Atlantic; Portuguese Canyons

Indexed keywords

DGGE; HOLOTHURIAN; MOLPADIA MUSCULUS; NE ATLANTIC; PORTUGUESE CANYONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DEPOSITS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEEDING; GELATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BURROWING; DEEP SEA; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DIGESTION; ECHINODERM; FECES; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; MOLPADIA MUSCULUS; MOLPADIIDA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67949124620     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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