In situ dynamics of O2, pH, light and photosynthesis in ikaite tufa columns (Ikka Fjord, Greenland) – a unique microbial habitat.
The Ikka Fjord (SW Greenland) harbors a unique microbial habitat in the form of several hundred submarine tufa columns composed of ikaite, a special hexahydrate form of calcium carbonate that precipitates when alkaline phosphate- and carbonate-enriched spring water seeping out of the sea floor meets...
Published in: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00722 https://doaj.org/article/82a933b8e1914839982adaf6f8b38987 |