δ13C signature of hydrothermal mussels is related with the end-member fluid concentrations of H2S and CH4 at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent fields

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 259-262

  Colaço, Ana ^a   Dehairs, Frank ^b   Desbruyères, Daniel ^c   Le Bris, Nadine ^c   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANE; MOLLUSC; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036907708     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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