Archaea in metazoan diets: Implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1602-1612

  Thurber, Andrew R ^a   Levin, Lisa A ^a   Orphan, Victoria J ^b   Marlow, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic methane oxidation; archivory; authigenic carbonate; biomarker; cold seep; microbial metazoan interactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID;

AGGREGATE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; COLD SEEP; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; METAZOAN; METHANE; PROKARYOTE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD CHAIN; POLYCHAETA;

CALIFORNIA; COSTA RICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DORVILLEIDAE; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METAZOA; OPHRYOTROCHA LABRONICA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84863981711     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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