Carbon and nitrogen uptake of calcareous benthic foraminifera along a depth-related oxygen gradient in the OMZ of the Arabian Sea

Carbon and nitrogen uptake of calcareous benthic foraminifera along a depth-related oxygen gradient in the OMZ of the Arabian Sea

Foraminifera are an important faunal element of the benthos in oxygen-depleted settings such as Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZs) where they can play a relevant role in the processing of phytodetritus. We investigated the uptake of phytodetritus (labeled with 13C and 15N) by cal-careous foraminifera in th...

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Main Authors: Annekatrin Julie Enge, Julia eWukovits, Wolfgang eWanek, Margarete eWatzka, Ursula Felicitas Marianne Witte, William Ross Hunter, Petra eHeinz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
in situ
OMZ
deep-sea
Arabian Sea
nitrogen uptake
Benthic Foraminifera
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00071/full

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