Limitations of microbial hydrocarbon degradation at the Amon mud volcano (Nile deep-sea fan)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3269-3283

  Felden, J ^a,b   Lichtschlag, A ^a,d   Wenzhofer F ^a,b   De Beer, D ^a   Feseker, T ^b   Pop Ristova, P ^a,b   De Lange, G ^c   Boetius, A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUD VOLCANO; MUDFLOW; POREWATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84877940164     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3269-2013     Document Type: Article

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