Methane production in aerobic oligotrophic surface water in the central Arctic Ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1099-1108

  Damm, E ^a   Helmke, E ^a   Thoms, S ^a   Schauer, U ^a   Nothig E ^a   Bakker, K ^b   Kiene, R P ^c,d  

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

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DETECTION METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650412416     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1099-2010     Document Type: Article

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