Geochemical processes and chemosynthetic primary production in different thiotrophic mats of the Hakon Mosby Mud Volcano (Barents Sea)

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Lichtschlag, Anna, Felden, Janine, Bruchert, Volker, Boetius, Antje, de Beer, Dirk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Kon
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/442678/

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...