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in the chemocline a boundary playing a crucial role. Additionally, rates of
methanogenesis in the water column should be constrained to evaluate more
precisely the sources of methane.
Acknowledgements
We like to thank Bo Barker Jørgensen from the MPI in Bremen who made
it possible that Edith Durisch-Kaiser could join the research cruise with
R/V
Meteor
to the Black Sea in 2001. We are especially indebted to Antje Boetius
who has helped and supported us during the last years. Gabi Klockgether is
thanked for her excellent analytical assistance. We especially acknowledge
Marc De Batist and his enthusiasm with which he is leading the CRIMEA
project. We thank all the people from the CRIMEA EU project and the captain
and crew from
R/V Meteor
and R/V
Professor Vodyanitskiy
whohelpedus
with sampling during the cruises. Funding came from the EU Project CRIMEA
(EVK-2-CT-2002-00162), BBW grant (No.02.0247), the Max Planck Society
and EAWAG.
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