Lack of 13C-label incorporation suggests low turnover rates of thaumarchaeal intact polar tetraether lipids in sediments from the Iceland shelf

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-216

  Lengger, S K ^a,b   Lipsewers, Y A ^a   De Haas, H ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a   Schouten, S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHER; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROKARYOTE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TURNOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND SHELF;

EID: 84892755308     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-201-2014     Document Type: Article

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