Biological and geological dynamics over four years on a high-temperature sulfide structure at the Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal observatory

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Sarrazin, Jozée ^a   Robigou, Véronique ^b   Juniper, S Kim ^a   Delaney, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological succession; Community structure; Disturbances; Endeavour Segment; Flow patterns; Hydrothermal ecology; Juan de Fuca Ridge; Spatio temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VENT COMMUNITY;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030838898     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153005     Document Type: Article

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