Microbial Degradation of Organic Matter in the Deep Sea
- 19 February 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 171 (3972), 672-675
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.171.3972.672
Abstract
Food materials from the sunken and recovered research submarine Alvin were found to be in a strikingly well-preserved state after exposure for more than 10 months to deep-sea conditions. Subsequent experiments substantiated this observation and indicated that rates of microbial degradation were 10 to 100 times slower in the deep sea than in controls under comparable temperatures.Keywords
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