MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ...
The Gulf of Mexico contains the world’s largest anoxic hypersaline seafloor basin, Orca Basin. The water contained in this 400 km2 bathymetric depression is roughly eight times as saline as the overlying seawater. The resulting density contrast prevents the 200 m deep brine layer from mixing with se...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
2018
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/8fqd-nz07 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/9c67wn91h |
id |
ftdatacite:10.17615/8fqd-nz07 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdatacite:10.17615/8fqd-nz07 2024-03-31T07:54:50+00:00 MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... Hyde, Andrew 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/8fqd-nz07 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/9c67wn91h en eng The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries Text article-journal Masters Thesis ScholarlyArticle 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17615/8fqd-nz07 2024-03-04T11:41:20Z The Gulf of Mexico contains the world’s largest anoxic hypersaline seafloor basin, Orca Basin. The water contained in this 400 km2 bathymetric depression is roughly eight times as saline as the overlying seawater. The resulting density contrast prevents the 200 m deep brine layer from mixing with seawater, creating an interface that traps particles of organic matter falling through the water column. The concentrated organic matter at the interface is hypothesized to host a thriving bacterial community that has yet to be characterized. Here, I present the results of the first bacterial community analysis by high-throughput sequencing ever conducted on the interface and brine pool of Orca Basin. I discuss how the bacterial community changes along a 550 m vertical transect with regards to oxygen, salinity, and organic matter gradients. Finally, a comparison of the geochemical and bacterial composition of Orca Basin to brine pools in the Mediterranean and Red Seas reveals the uniqueness of Orca Basin in a global ... Text Orca DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
op_collection_id |
ftdatacite |
language |
English |
description |
The Gulf of Mexico contains the world’s largest anoxic hypersaline seafloor basin, Orca Basin. The water contained in this 400 km2 bathymetric depression is roughly eight times as saline as the overlying seawater. The resulting density contrast prevents the 200 m deep brine layer from mixing with seawater, creating an interface that traps particles of organic matter falling through the water column. The concentrated organic matter at the interface is hypothesized to host a thriving bacterial community that has yet to be characterized. Here, I present the results of the first bacterial community analysis by high-throughput sequencing ever conducted on the interface and brine pool of Orca Basin. I discuss how the bacterial community changes along a 550 m vertical transect with regards to oxygen, salinity, and organic matter gradients. Finally, a comparison of the geochemical and bacterial composition of Orca Basin to brine pools in the Mediterranean and Red Seas reveals the uniqueness of Orca Basin in a global ... |
format |
Text |
author |
Hyde, Andrew |
spellingShingle |
Hyde, Andrew MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
author_facet |
Hyde, Andrew |
author_sort |
Hyde, Andrew |
title |
MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
title_short |
MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
title_full |
MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
title_fullStr |
MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
title_full_unstemmed |
MICROBIAL STRATIFICATION AND INFERRED MICROBIALLY CATALYZED PROCESSES ALONG A DEEP-SEA HYPERSALINE CHEMOCLINE ... |
title_sort |
microbial stratification and inferred microbially catalyzed processes along a deep-sea hypersaline chemocline ... |
publisher |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries |
publishDate |
2018 |
url |
https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/8fqd-nz07 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/9c67wn91h |
genre |
Orca |
genre_facet |
Orca |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.17615/8fqd-nz07 |
_version_ |
1795036078778875904 |