Field distribution and sulphide tolerance of Capitella capitata (Annelida: Polychaeta) around shallow water hydrothermal vents off Milos (Aegean Sea). A new sibling species?

Marine Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-453

  Gamenick, I ^a,c   Abbiati, M ^b   Giere, O ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; SULPHIDE;

AEGEAN SEA;

CAPITELLA CAPITATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0031881810     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050265     Document Type: Article

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