Rotifers colonising sediments with shallow gas hydrates.

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Sommer, Stefan, Gutzmann, Erik, Ahlrichs, Wilko and Pfannkuche, Olaf (2003) Rotifers colonising sediments with shallow gas hydrates. Naturwissenschaften, 90 . pp. 273-276. DOI 10.1007/s00114-003-0423-6.

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Abstract

Rotifers, one of the smallest metazoans, are only seldom found in marine environments. Surprisingly, we discovered high abundances of at least two new species of rotifers settling in anoxic and highly sulphidic sediments associated with shallow gas hydrates (GH) at the southern crest of Hydrate Ridge off Oregon, NE Pacific, in a water depth of about 780 m. At basins adjacent to Hydrate Ridge, 1,285–2,304 m deep, we found rotifers co-occurring with the sulphide-oxidising bacteria Thioploca sp.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Rotifers, shallow gas hydrates, Hydrate Ridge, NE Pacific
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB2 Marine Biogeochemistry > FB2-MG Marine Geosystems
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Springer
Projects: TECFLUX
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Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2008 17:26
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2017 13:14
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/306

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