Keystone Arctic paleoceanographic proxy association with putative methanotrophic bacteria

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Bernhard, Joan M., Panieri, Giuliana
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Williamson; Foraminifera*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045607/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30006509; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28871-3

Foraminifera in sediments exposed to gas-hydrate dissociation are not expected to have cellular adaptations that facilitate inhabitation of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems because, to date, there are no known endemic seep foraminifera. To establish if foraminifera inhabit sediments impacted by gas-h...