Habitat formation at Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 337-340

  MacDonald, Ian R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0032469730     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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