Table T16. Comparison of near-surface sediment bacterial populations at Site 1178 with data from nine other ODP sites with different overlying-water depths.
|
Location
|
ODP
leg-site
|
Depth (mbsf)
|
Total
bacteria
(cells/cm3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru margin | 112-681 | 150 | 1.05 x 109 |
| Santa Barbara Basin | 146-893 | 577 | 1.27 x 109 |
| Japan Sea | 128-798 | 900 | 7.82 x 108 |
| Woodlark Basin | 180-1115 | 1150 | 2.83 x 108 |
| Cascadia margin | 146-890 | 1326 | 6.95 x 108 |
| Woodlark Basin | 180-1109 | 2211 | 3.28 x 108 |
| Juan de Fuca Ridge | 139-857 | 2419 | 8.28 x 108 |
| Cascadia margin | 146-888 | 2516 | 5.32 x 108 |
| Lau Basin | 135-834 | 2703 | 6.12 x 108 |
| Woodlark Basin | 180-1108 | 3188 | 2.67 x 108 |
| Amazon Fan | 155-940 | 3195 | 5.62 x 108 |
| Amazon Fan | 155-934 | 3432 | 6.04 x 108 |
| Eastern Equatorial Pacific | 138-851 | 3760 | 2.08 x 108 |
| Nankai Trough | 190-1173 | 4791 | 7.23 x 107 |
| 190-1174 | 4751 | 1.47 x 108 | |
| 190-1175 | 2998 | 6.97 x 107 | |
| 190-1178 | 1742 | 4.75 x 108 |