Biogeochemical sulfur cycling in the water column of a shallow stratified sea-water lake: Speciation and quadruple sulfur isotope composition

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Kamyshny, Alexey ^a,b,c   Zerkle, Aubrey L ^a,e   Mansaray, Zahra F ^a   Ciglenečki, Irena ^d   Bura Nakić, Elvira ^d   Farquhar, James ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake Rogoznica; Microbial sulfate reduction; Multiple sulfur isotopes; Phototrophic sulfide oxidation; Stratified lake; Thiocyanate; Zero valent sulfur

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OXIDATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

CROATIA; ROGOZNICA LAKE;

CHROMATIUM;

EID: 80053447119     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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