Role of Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps in Structuring the Microbial Community in the Euphotic zone of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Ajit Subramaniam, Columbia University of New York, LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, Andrew R Juhl, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Biology and Pale Environment, Palisades, NY, United States, Joseph Peter Montoya, Georgia Inst Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States and Melody Aleman, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States