Particulate matter as a food source at a nascent hydrothermal vent on the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 289-292

  Levesque, Christian ^a   Juniper, S Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; NUTRITION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036930531     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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