Carbon | Deep Sea News - Part 2

Ecology Expeditions

Dispatches from Antarctica – Sampling the Inverted Benthos

Kevin Zelnio February 7, 2010 algae Antarctica Carbon David Honig Diet LARISSA Primary Production R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer sea ice Stable Isotopes

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…

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Ecology New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Repost: Deep-Sea Corals and Methane Seeps

Dr. M January 18, 2010 active gas seepage Carbon carbonate Chemoautotrophy Coral deep sea energy food chains gas Gulf of Mexico Lophelia pertusa Methane Seeps Nitrogen oil Open Lab 2009 Provanna Sculpta Stable Isotopes sulfur Trophic Ecology

This is a repost of KZ’s winning post for Open Laboratory 2009: The Best Science Writing on the Web. Congrats to KZ! ———————————————————————————————————— This is…

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Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps

Kevin Zelnio July 25, 2009 active gas seepage Best of Zelnio Carbon Coral Ecology energy source food chains Gulf of Mexico Lophelia methane Methane Seep Nitrogen Provanna seep Stable Isotope sulfur trophic level

This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling…

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