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Temporal evolution of methane cycling and phylogenetic diversity of archaea in sediments from a deep-sea whale-fall in Monterey Canyon, California.
The ISME journal - 1 Feb 2008
Goffredi Shana K, Wilpiszeski Regina, Lee Ray, Orphan Victoria J
Abstract excerpt
Whale-falls represent localized areas of extreme organic enrichment in an otherwise oligotrophic deep-sea environment. Anaerobic remineralization within these habitats is typically portrayed as sulfidogenic; however, we demonstrate that these systems are also favorable for diverse methane-produci...
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