High rates of microbial carbon turnover in sediments in the deepest oceanic trench on Earth
Abstract
Microbes regulate the decomposition of organic matter in marine sediments. Measurements at the deepest oceanic site on Earth reveal high rates of microbial activity, potentially fuelled by the deposition of organic matter.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- April 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo1773
- Bibcode:
- 2013NatGe...6..284G