The dark portion of the Mediterranean Sea is a bioreactor of organic matter cycling

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Luna, G M ^a,b   Bianchelli, S ^a   Decembrini, F ^c   De Domenico, E ^d   Danovaro, R ^a   Dell'Anno, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON PRODUCTION; DEEP BASIN; DEEP WATER MASS; DEEPWATER; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH RATE; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DEPLETION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROKARYOTIC PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WARM TEMPERATURES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROKARYOTE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861352730     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004168     Document Type: Article

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