Different seasonality of pelagic and benthic Thaumarchaeota in the North Sea

We have examined the spatial and seasonal distribution of Thaumarchaeota in the water column and sediment of the southern North Sea using the specific intact polar lipid (IPL) hexose-phosphohexose (HPH) crenarchaeol, as well as thaumarchaeotal 16S rRNA gene abundances and expression. In the water co...

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Main Authors: N. J. Bale, L. Villanueva, E. C. Hopmans, S. Schouten, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/7195/2013/bg-10-7195-2013.pdf