Biogeochemical investigation of sediments at the Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea) ...

• Main Authors: Lichtschlag, Anna, Felden, Janine, Brüchert, Volker, Boetius, Antje, de Beer, Dirk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Push corer; Microsensor profiler; MultiCorer; VICKING; Pourquoi Pas ? 2005; Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas HERMES; Barents Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.715022; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.715022

We have investigated if in a cold seep methane or sulfide is used for chemosynthetic primary production and if significant amounts of the sulfide produced by anaerobic oxidation of methane are oxidized geochemically and hence are not available for chemosynthetic production. Geochemically controlled...