Biogeochemical processes at hydrothermal vents, microbes and minerals, bioenergetics, and carbon fluxes

Oceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-208

  Holden, James F ^a   Breier, John A ^b   Rogers, Karyn L ^c   Schulte, Mitchell D ^d   Toner, Brandy M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2012.18     Document Type: Article

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