Methane-Carbon Flow into the Benthic Food Web at Cold Seeps - A Case Study from the Costa Rica Subduction Zone

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Niemann, Helge ^a,b   Linke, Peter ^c,d   Knittel, Katrin ^b   MacPherson, Enrique ^e   Boetius, Antje ^b,f   Brückmann, Warner ^c,d   Larvik, Gaute ^b   Wallmann, Klaus ^c,d   Schacht, Ulrike ^c,j   Omoregie, Enoma ^b,g   Hilton, David ^h   Brown, Kevin ^h   Rehder, Gregor ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RNA 16S;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; CRAB; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD WEB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAZING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PARALOMIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SULFUROVUM; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANOMURA; CARBON; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; METHANE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

EID: 84885054575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074894     Document Type: Article

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