Effects of hydrostatic pressure on microbil alteration of sinking fecal pellets

Christian Tamburini (1) , Madeleine Goutx (1) , Catherine Guigue (1) , Marc Garel (1) , Dominique Lefèvre (1) , Bruno Charrìère (1) , Richard Sempere (1) , Stephane Pepa (2) , Michael L. Peterson (3) , Stuart G. Wakeham (4) , Cindy Lee (5)

1 LMGEM - Laboratoire de MicrobiologiE de Géochimie et d'Ecologie Marines
2 Métro-Mesures
3 School of Oceanography [Seattle]
4 Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
5 Marine Sciences Research Institute

Mots clés: Mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters; Hydrostatic pressure; Particle sinking; Organic matter degradation; Prokaryotic diversity; Mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters.

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Christian Tamburini, Madeleine Goutx, Catherine Guigue, Marc Garel, Dominique Lefèvre, et al.. Effects of hydrostatic pressure on microbil alteration of sinking fecal pellets. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2009, 56, pp.1533-1546. ⟨10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.035⟩. ⟨hal-00416657⟩