Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4533-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4533-2018
Research article
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25 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2018

Geophysical and geochemical controls on the megafaunal community of a high Arctic cold seep

Arunima Sen, Emmelie K. L. Åström, Wei-Li Hong, Alexey Portnov, Malin Waage, Pavel Serov, Michael L. Carroll, and JoLynn Carroll

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Apr 2018) by Jack Middelburg
AR by Arunima Sen on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2018)
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Jun 2018) by Jack Middelburg
RR by Paul Dando (24 Jun 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Jun 2018) by Jack Middelburg
AR by Arunima Sen on behalf of the Authors (05 Jul 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jul 2018) by Jack Middelburg
AR by Arunima Sen on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2018)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Diverse benthic communities populate a site of methane seepage on the Arctic shelf. Despite a likely reliance on sulfide as an energy source, Oligobrachia worm distributions did not correlate with sulfide concentrations. We suggest that sulfide and carbon generation linked to microbial activity and high methane fluxes determines their presence or absence. We discuss the site and our results within the context of Arctic ecology and economy as well as the biology of seafloor hydrocarbon seeps.
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