Compositional Differences in Dissolved Organic Matter Between Arctic Cold Seeps Versus Non-Seep Sites at the Svalbard Continental Margin and the Barents Sea

Dissociating gas hydrates, submerged permafrost, and gas bearing sediments release methane to the water column from a multitude of seeps in the Arctic Ocean. The seeping methane dissolves and supports the growth of aerobic methane oxidizing bacteria (MOB), but the effect of seepage and seep related...

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Main Authors: Muhammed Fatih Sert, Juliana D’Andrilli, Friederike Gründger, Helge Niemann, Mats A. Granskog, Alexey K. Pavlov, Bénédicte Ferré, Anna Silyakova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.552731/full