Physical and chemical factors influencing species distributions on hydrothermal sulfide edifices of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, northeast Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-112

  Sarrazin, Jozée ^a   Juniper, S Kim ^b   Massoth, Gary ^c   Legendre, Pierre ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Habitat characterization; Hydrothermal vent ecology; In situ measurements; Mosaic habitat; Physical and chemical factors; Species distribution; Statistical analyses; Substratum types; Sulfide edifice

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFIDE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033554806     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190089     Document Type: Article

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