Structure and distribution of cold seep communities along the Peruvian active margin: Relationship to geological and fluid patterns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 109-125

  Olu, K ^a   Duperret, A ^b   Sibuet, M ^a   Foucher, J P ^a   Fiala Medioni A ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cold seeps; Community structure; Peruvian margin; Spatial distribution; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA; NEOVERMILIA; SERPULIDAE; VESICOMYA; VESICOMYIDAE;

COLD SEEPS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SEEP COMMUNITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

PACIFIC, PERUVIAN MARGIN;

EID: 0030304791     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132109     Document Type: Article

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