Methane oxidation and carbon assimilation in marine sediments [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Gunter Wegener

Methane Oxidation and Carbon Assimilation in Marine Sediments Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaft der Universität Bremen vorgelegt von Gunter Wegener Bremen, März 2008 There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discovers exactly the nature of AOM, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Freely adapted from Douglas Noel Adams (1952 – 2001) Acknowledgments I started my PhD training as a Geologist and had to become a combination of Biologist, Biogeochemist, Organic Geochemist and Seaman. This metamorphosis required lots of support – here is probably an incomplete list of the people I would like to thank for this exciting transformation. First of all, I would like to thank Prof. Antje Boetius and Prof. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs for accepting me as PhD student and for their kind supervision and support in good times, as well as in hard times. I also thank Tim Ferdelman and Sabine Kasten for joining my PhD advisory committee. Acknowledgment goes to the Max Planck Society for funding my project.