Effect of shallow-water hydrothermal venting on the biota of Matupi Harbour (Rabaul Caldera, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-116

  Tarasov, V G ^a   Gebruk, A V ^b   Shulkin, V M ^c   Kamenev, G M ^a   Fadeev, V I ^a   Kosmynin, V N ^d   Malakhov, V V ^d   Starynin, D A ^e   Obzhirov, A I ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0032545487     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(98)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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