Aerobic production of methane from dissolved water-column methylphosphonate and sinking particles in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-105

  Del Valle, Daniela A ^a   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane; Methylphosphonate; Oligotrophic; Phosphonates; Phosphorus; Station ALOHA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907646408     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: 16161564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01714     Document Type: Article

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