Bacteriological investigations in the Persian Gulf

While the R.V. \"Meteor\" was in the eastern Persian Gulf, during the time between March 31 and April 14, 1965, bacteriological investigations of the water and sediment were performed. The content of saprophytic bacteria in the water decreases from the coasts outward to the middle of the gulf. This shows a good correlation with the turbidity values. In a sediment core from the southern part of the gulf, the bacterial counts in all the horizonts were much higher than those from the northern part of the Persian Gulf. This agrees with the findings of the geologists, according to which the proportion of carbon compounds in the sediments decreases from south to north. […]

1965年3月31日至4月14日期间，‘流星号’（R.V. Meteor）考察船在波斯湾东部海域开展了水体与沉积物的细菌学调查。水体中腐生细菌的含量自沿岸向海湾中部逐渐降低，该分布特征与浊度值呈现良好的相关性。在取自该海湾南部的沉积物岩芯中，各层位的细菌计数均显著高于波斯湾北部沉积物岩芯的细菌计数。这一结果与地质学家的研究发现一致：沉积物中碳化合物的占比自南向北逐渐降低。[…]