The deepest chemosynthesis-based community yet discovered from the hadal zone, 7326 m deep, in the Japan Trench

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 17-26

  Fujikura, Katsunori ^a   Kojima, Shigeaki ^b   Tamaki, Kensaku ^b   Maki, Yonosuke ^c   Hunt, James ^a   Okutani, Takashi ^a,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemosynthesis based community; Hadal zone; Japan Trench; Thyasirid clams

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HADAL ZONE; ZOOBENTHOS;

JAPAN; JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA PHASEOLIFORMIS; MAORITHYAS HADALIS;

EID: 0033554828     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190017     Document Type: Article

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