(Table 1) Relative activity of heterotrophic microflora in deep-sea sediments from of the Indian Ocean

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The radiocarbon method was used to determine relative activity of heterotrophic microflora in deep-sea bottom sediments of the Central Indian Ocean. It was demonstrated that viable microflora of sediments at depths >4000 m inhabits only the upper layer 2-10 cm thick. In specimens taken from the sedimentary layer 10-15 mm from the bottom surface there was no noticeable assimilation of tagged organic matter. Obtained data confirm the point of view that there is no functional activity of microflora in deep-sea sediments with low sedimentation rate.

Activity resulted from C-14 assimilated by bacteria.

Supplement to: Sorokin, Yury I (1983): Degree of activity of microflora in deep-water bottom sediments of the Indian Ocean. Oceanology, 23(4), 486-488

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.756008
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.756008
Provenance
Creator Sorokin, Yury I
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 1983
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 68 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (60.590W, -24.310S, 81.250E, -20.370N); Indian Ocean