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| author | DHondt, Steven Rutherford, Scott D Spivack, Arthur J |
| author_facet | DHondt, Steven Rutherford, Scott D Spivack, Arthur J |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | Global maps of sulfate and methane in marine sediments reveal two provinces of subsurface metabolic activity: a sulfate-rich open-ocean province, and an ocean-margin province where sulfate is limited to shallow sediments. Methane is produced in both regions but is abundant only in sulfate-depleted sediments. Metabolic activity is greatest in narrow zones of sulfate-reducing methane oxidation along ocean margins. The metabolic rates of subseafloor life are orders of magnitude lower than those of life on Earth's surface. Most microorganisms in subseafloor sediments are either inactive or adapted for extraordinarily low metabolic activity. |
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| spellingShingle | (Table 1) Rates of biological activity in deep-sea sediments DHondt, Steven Rutherford, Scott D Spivack, Arthur J -; 112-681C; 128-798B; 138-851; 138-851A; 190-1175A; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Event label; Japan Sea; Joides Resolution; Leg112; Leg128; Leg138; Leg190; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Philippine Sea; South Pacific Ocean; Standard deviation; Sulfate, flux; Sulfate, flux, standard deviation Global maps of sulfate and methane in marine sediments reveal two provinces of subsurface metabolic activity: a sulfate-rich open-ocean province, and an ocean-margin province where sulfate is limited to shallow sediments. Methane is produced in both regions but is abundant only in sulfate-depleted sediments. Metabolic activity is greatest in narrow zones of sulfate-reducing methane oxidation along ocean margins. The metabolic rates of subseafloor life are orders of magnitude lower than those of life on Earth's surface. Most microorganisms in subseafloor sediments are either inactive or adapted for extraordinarily low metabolic activity. |
| title | (Table 1) Rates of biological activity in deep-sea sediments |
| topic | -; 112-681C; 128-798B; 138-851; 138-851A; 190-1175A; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Event label; Japan Sea; Joides Resolution; Leg112; Leg128; Leg138; Leg190; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Philippine Sea; South Pacific Ocean; Standard deviation; Sulfate, flux; Sulfate, flux, standard deviation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772205 |