An Investigation of the Links Between Microbial Sulfate Reduction and Hydrocarbons: Implications for Anoxia Development in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Previous assessments concerning the development of anoxia (severe oxygen deficiency) in Louisiana shelf waters have assumed that the only reduced carbon source for sulfate-reducing bacteria is plankton blooms and have overlooked natural hydrocarbon seepage from deep-seated reservoirs (seeps). To confirm ...