Microbial Abundance and Diversity Patterns Associated with Sediments and Carbonates from the Methane Seep Environments of Hydrate Ridge, OR
Methane seeps are among the most productive habitats along continental margins, as anaerobic methane-oxidizing euryarchaeaota and sulfur-metabolizing deltaproteobacteria form the biological base of a dynamic deep-sea ecosystem. The degree of methane seepage therefore represents one important variab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2014.00044/full |