Methane in shallow cold seeps at Mocha Island off central Chile

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 574-581

  Jessen, Gerdhard L ^a   Pantoja, Silvio ^a   Gutiérrez, Marcelo A ^a   Quiñones, Renato A ^a   González, Rodrigo R ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^a,b   Kellermann, Matthias Y ^c   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile; Gas seepage; Methane; Methane flux; Mocha Island; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOOD WEB; GAS SEEPAGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY;

BIO BIO; CHILE; MOCHA ISLAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952533311     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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