Organic carbon degradation in anoxic organic-rich shelf sediments: Biogeochemical rates and microbial abundance

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Julies, Elsabé M ^a,b   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^a   Arnosti, Carol ^c   Brüchert, Volker ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon degradation; Namibian shelf; Sediments; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77952915969     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903410464     Document Type: Article

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