Pelagic boundary conditions affect the biological formation of iron-rich particles (iron snow) and their microbial communities

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1386-1398

  Reiche, Marco ^a   Lu, Shipeng ^a   Ciobotǎ, Valerian ^b   Neu, Thomas R ^c   Nietzsche, Sandor ^d   Rösch, Petra ^b   Popp, Jürgen ^b   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CLINE; CLONE; IRON; LIGNITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; REDOX CONDITIONS; SCHWERTMANNITE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SNOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858217608     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1386     Document Type: Article

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