Vertical distribution of archaeal communities in cold seep sediments from the jiulong methane reef area in the south China sea

Jiulong methane reef, a large cold seep area on the continental slope of the South China Sea (SCS), was characterized by chemosynthetic fauna, bacterial mats, methane-derived carbonate structures, and a shallow depth of sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) in gravity cores. To characterize the mi...

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Main Authors: Hongpeng Cui, Xin Su, Fang Chen, Shiping Wei, Sihai Chen, Jinlian Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2016-07-01
Series:Bioscience Journal
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Online Access:https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/33994