Diel fluctuations in solute distributions and biogeochemical cycling in a hypersaline microbial mat from Shark Bay, WA

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-112

  Pages, Anais ^a   Welsh, David T ^b   Teasdale, Peter R ^b   Grice, Kliti ^a   Vacher, Michael ^c   Bennett, William W ^b   Visscher, Pieter T ^d,e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusive equilibration in a thin film (DET); Diffusive gradients in a thin film (DGT); Iron(III) reduction; Microbial mat; Nutrient redox cycling; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84909950494     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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