Collecting Samples in the Gulf of Mexico (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Collecting Samples in the Gulf of Mexico

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Diving in the Gulf of Mexico: With the submersible ALVIN, the researchers from Bremen were able to reach the seafloor. There they used ALVIN's grab arm to collect sediment cores from the seabed. White-orange colored microbial mats made of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria indicate hot vents, where particularly large amounts of methane and other energy-rich compounds are released.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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