Biogeochemical signatures and microbial activity of different cold-seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 21-23, 2010, Pages 1990-2001

  Joye, Samantha B ^a   Bowles, Marshall W ^a   Samarkin, Vladimir A ^a   Hunter, Kimberley S ^a   Niemann, Helge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Biogeochemistry; Brine; Cold seeps; Gulf of Mexico; Macrofauna; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; COLD SEEPS; GULF OF MEXICO; MACROFAUNA; SULFATE REDUCTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMONIUM; ANNELID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLD SEEP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON; HABITAT TYPE; MAGNITUDE; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SULFATE; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 78349288157     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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