Main, C. E.Ruhl, H. A.Jones, D. O. B.Yool, A.Thornton, B.Mayor, D. J.2015-06-112015-06-112015-06Main, C E, Ruhl, H A, Jones, D O B, Yool, A, Thornton, B & Mayor, D J 2015, 'Hydrocarbon contamination affects deep-sea benthic oxygen uptake and microbial community composition', Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 100, pp. 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.12.0080967-0637http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4618Date of Acceptance: 27/12/2015 Acknowledgements We would like to thank all scientists and crew from the Autonomous Ecological Surveys of the Abyss (AESA) 2012 cruise, Alice Horton for assistance with the experiment at sea, Ben Boorman for design and building of apparatus and Maureen Procée and Gillian Martin for technical assistance and tuition in the laboratory. This work was carried out as part of the SERPENT project www.serpentproject.com. DJM was part-funded by NERC, UK (NE/G014744/1). BT received funding from the Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services Division, UK (RESAS).9843535engSDG 14 - Life Below WaterBenthic respirationexperimental incubationsPLFAblowoutcontaminationbacteriaremineralisationwater-accomodated fractionsmargin Goban SpurHorizon oil-spillGulf-of-Mexicodegrading bacteriamarine-sedimentsfatty-acidsmass-spectrometrylipid phosphateorganic-matterQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1016/j.dsr.2014.12.008100