On giant shoulders: How a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Busch, Kathrin, Hanz, Ulrike, Mienis, Furu, Müller, Benjamin, Franke, Andre, Roberts, Emyr Martyn, Rapp, Hans Tore, Hentschel, Ute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications (EGU) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Schulz Bank
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48865/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48865/1/bg-17-3471-2020.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48865/2/bg-17-3471-2020-supplement.pdf; https://www.biogeosciences.net/17/3471/2020/; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3471-2020

Seamounts represent ideal systems to study the influence and interdependency of environmental gradients at a single geographic location. These topographic features represent a prominent habitat for various forms of life, including microbiota and macrobiota, spanning benthic as well as pelagic organi...