Bacterial biodiversity in deep-sea sediments from two regions of contrasting surface water productivity near the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-77

  Jamieson, R E ^a   Heywood, J L ^a   Rogers, A D ^b   Billett, D S M ^c   Pearce, D A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bacteria; Carbon sequestration; Crozet; Deep sea; Diversity; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROZET; DEEP SEA; DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENETICS; REMINERALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SURFACE WATER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

EID: 84874582252     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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