Linking microbial heterotrophic activity and sediment lithology in oxic, oligotrophic subseafloor sediments of the North Atlantic Ocean
Microbial heterotrophic activity was investigated in oxic subseafloor sediments at North Pond, a sediment pond situated at 23°N on the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The North Pond sediments underlie the oligotrophic North Atlantic Gyre at 4580 m water depth and cover a 7-8 millio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00263/full |