Chemoautotrophy as a possible nutritional source in the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus fucensis

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 371-376

  Fox, Mark ^a   Juniper, S Kim ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MOLLUSC; NUTRITION;

GASTROPODA; LEPETODRILUS; LEPETODRILUS FUCENSIS; MOLLUSCA; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0036920373     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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