First evidence of benthic communities based on chemosynthesis on the Napoli mud volcano (eastern Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 227-239

  Corselli, Cesare ^a   Basso, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEEP-SEA ORGANISMS; MUD VOLCANO;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE, NAPOLI DOME;

LUCINIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 0030153549     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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